London, England – A new adaptation of Othello in the UK subtly interrogates the tragic hero’s religious identity, presenting to audiences the possibility that the Moor of Venice was a closeted ...

Since its premiere on the Elizabethan Stage in 1604, Shakespeare’s “The Tragedy of Othello” has solidified itself as one of the most controversial plays in the theatrical canon.It is one of the first ...

The high point of director Ron Daniels’s enrichingly nuanced “Othello” is one of the tragic hero’s lowest. Jonno Roberts’s coldly efficient Iago — a Shakespearean psychopath if there ...

The spectacular performance of Othello in The National Theatre displays the in-depth character of its protagonist Othello by displaying whip marks on his back as a tribute to his past as a slave ...

This, it turned out, made Othello the perfect tragic hero for him, for Othello is precisely that: pure and open-hearted and completely genuine in his love both for Desdemona and for Iago.

Denzel Washington is transforming Broadway’s landscape with his commanding performance as Shakespeare’s tragic hero in the current revival of Othello.The production, featuring Jake Gyllenhaal ...

A single tear drips from Othello’s bronze eyes as he contemplates Desdemona’s marble handkerchief in the 1868 bust by Pietro Calvi depicting Shakespeare’s tragic hero in a moment of tense ...

The National Theater rarely stages the lengthy “Othello ... David Harewood in the lead and Nicholas Hytner’s acclaimed 2013 production starring Adrian Lester as Shakespeare’s tragic hero, ...