Rather, it is to find a single point of entry to help us think about the play as a whole. The goal of the course is not to cover everything that has been written on Othello. “If young people need to be persuaded to go to the theatre TNT are the company to see” Sudkurier.In this course, we'll read William Shakespeare’s Othello and discuss the play from a variety of perspectives. “World class theatre” The Observer, Britain. “TNT are known as the most popular touring theatre in the world”.China National TV. “This brilliant production of OTHELLO hurtles along at an extraordinary pace and merits the regular applause between scenes delivered by the spellbound audience”. “I never knew Shakespeare could be so entertaining.” CNN TV The historical setting is true to Shakespeare's original and this powerful performance evokes the style that was used at the Globe in the Bard's own time. The company’s OTHELLO is marked by clear storytelling, gripping action and visual imagery all complemented by a live score sung and played by the performers. Paul Stebbings directs OTHELLO, Thomas Johnson composes the score - this is the same team that brought HAMLET and OLIVER TWIST successfully to the stage and toured world wide. Desdemona abandons herself to the Moor in defiance of her father and embarks on an adventure whose tragic end is perhaps a form of desire. Iago is Shakespeare's largest role, a huge complex character consumed by envy and giddy with the power he wields over his so called 'superior' Othello. Othello is the fascinating outsider, the dark 'other“, but also a conqueror, general and leader of men. The central characters are caught in a terrifying vortex of their own making and perhaps their own desire. This is a play about fascination - fascination in love, fascination and jealousy, fascination and death. This is not a play about the helpless victim Desdemona falling to the cruelty of her husband and treachery of Iago.

However, like so many of Shakespeare's greatest plays, it is a work much misunderstood. OTHELLO might be the finest play ever written.

OTHELLO was written by Shakespeare at the height of his powers, its poetry is finer than HAMLET, its psychology deeper than MACBETH, its love story more compelling than ROMEO AND JULIET, its heartbreaking tragedy more moving than KING LEAR. OTHELLO is a thriller, a love story, a tragedy and an exploration of race, prejudice, power, war and human folly. OTHELLO is Shakespeare's most perfect play, a masterpiece of dramatic construction.

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