Year: 1966
Title of the play: Othello
Author: William Shakespeare
Director: John Dexter
Others in the Cast: Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Edward Hardwicke, Christopher Timothy, Anthony Hopkins, John Stride
Company/Event: National Theatre Company
Theatre and location: Old Vic, London
Other productions of the same play: Queen’s Theatre, London, in 1966
Plot summary: Othello, a Moorish general, secretly marries Desdemona, daughter of senator Brabantio. Othello is ordered to Cyprus to repel a threatened Turkish invasion. Desdemona and Emilia, Iago's wife, sail with him, as does Othello's lieutenant Michael Cassio. Once in Cyprus, Iago plants the suspicion in Othello's mind that Desdemona has been unfaithful to him with Cassio. Increasingly maddened by jealousy, Othello orders Iago to kill Cassio and strangles Desdemona himself.
Peth’s role: Venetian; Senate Officer; Cypriot
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Production details: Here
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