About 'OTHELLO' :

Othello, performed at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre for the first time, with Eamonn Walker and Tim McInnerny.

With its racing plot and intense dramatic detail, Othello is one of Shakespeare’s most exciting, atmospheric and heartbreaking plays. This is a tale of uncontrollable jealousy, deception and murder driven by one of theatre’s greatest villains.

The republic of Venice employs Othello, a self-made man and a Moor, to defend its overseas territories against the Turks. But for all his military success, Othello remains an outsider in the city, an object of racism, envy and mistrust. As the Turkish threat gathers and Venetian forces are despatched to Cyprus, Iago, a junior officer secretly enraged by his lack of promotion, exploits Othello’s ambiguous position and ingenuous nature, driving him into a passionate and uncontrollable jealousy.
Starring EAMONN WALKER as Othello and TIM McINNERNY as Iago
Directed for the Stage by WILSON MILAM.

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Product Description

Performed for the first time at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, with its racing concentrated plot and intense dramatic detail, Othello is one of Shakespeare s most exciting, atmospheric and heartbreaking plays. This is a tale of uncontrollable jealousy, deception and murder driven by one of theatre s greatest villains.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10533 in DVD
• Brand: HERITAGE THEATRE
• Released on: 2007-09-27
• Rating: Exempt
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Dolby, PAL, Widescreen
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 180 minutes

Review
'Full of pace and energy... Eamonn Walker brings to Othello dignity, grace and a fine sense of the contradiction that leads Othello to lament "the pity of it" even as he prepares to murder Desdemona' --The Guardian

'Walker cuts a charismatic and brooding figure. He charts the hero's descent into murderous jealousy with a vivid physicality... Zoe Tapper (Desdemona) is enchanting' --The Independent

'Desdemona is perfection - the best I have ever seen.. Tim McInnerny has been brilliantly cast as Iago. --Observer

About the Actor
EAMONN WALKER is best known for his lead roles in the hit American prison series Oz, the legal drama Justice, and the film Lord of War. TIM McINNERNY is best known as Lord Percy and Captain Darling in Blackadder, for his role in Notting Hill, and recent appearances in The Lady from the Sea (Almeida) and the spy drama Spooks.

About the Director
WILSON MILAM: Tony Award nominee for The Lieutenant of Inishmore, plus West End hits Killer Joe, and Hurly Burly.