It feels too good to be loved. BWW: Why is Cassio so upset at having been drunk in the presence of Othello? JC: It's more than just having been drunk. Left in charge as Othello enjoys his first ...

I have had the good fortune to see two great Othellos on stage: James Earl Jones on Broadway in 1982 and David Oyelowo at the New York Theatre Workshop in 2016. Both actors were in their 40s at ...

Tim Carroll’s production is about as straight an Othello ... as they talk to each other, Desdemona may be the only one who really connects, to her proud husband, to the desperate Cassio, to ...

Iago preaches that to Cassio early in the play foreshadowing the ruin pride will bring down on everyone. Shakespeare was at the peak of his powers when he wrote “Othello” around 1603 ...

When it does it’s thanks to Gyllenhaal, and co-stars Kimber Elayne Sprawl (as Emelia, Iago’s wife) and Andrew Burnap (Cassio, Othello’s lieutenant). ADVERTISEMENT The first head-scratcher ...

When you come out of Othello mostly thinking how impressive the actors playing Cassio and Emilia were, something’s askew in the balance. Those secondary roles acquire vitality and depth of ...

Finn Wittrock’s captain, Cassio, not only loyally supports Othello, he may also be on his way to an army hunks calendar shoot. Whatever he lacks in insight, Oyelowo’s Othello has made up for i ...

Where Washington's interpretation may lack a tragic dimension, it makes perfectly clear why an old codger like Othello would think his young wife lusts for a hot young lieutenant like Cassio.