Othello Performance Analysis

On the twenty-fifth of April 2015, I had the opportunity to snapshot the 8.30 p.m. performance of cardinal of Shakespeares greatest t animositydies, Othello, at KLPAC. say by Lim Kien downwind and Qahar Aqilah, the raise stars Grace Ng, Sandee Chew, Lim Soon Heng, Arief Hamizan, David H. Lim, Kgia Loong and Kien Lee himself in the title role. Shakespeare Demystified: Othello tells a tale of prejudice, come, envy, jealousy and score all in degree Celsius minutes. The play starts off with Roderigo (Kgia Loong) verbalise Brabantio (David) that his daughter, Desdemona (Ng) has eloped with Othello, the General of the Venetian Army. He is non happy as Othello is of African and Arabian affinity but Desdemona convinces him that she truly does love Othello. Meanwhile, Iago (Lim) who has been Othellos comrade for some years is mad with rage as he was not chosen for the post of Leftenant. Instead, Othello chose Michael Cassio (Arief) for the post. impelled by envy, Iago spreads ru mours of Desdemonas routine with Cassio to Othello causing Othello to doubt Desdemonas loyalty to her.\nThe production use a very minimalistic set. sextette black boxes were used and manipulated passim the play to show the divers(prenominal) settings. It is important to note that most(prenominal) of the time, it is often Iago who is moving the boxes roughly to show the next scene. gibe to Kien Lee, this was because in the plot, it is Iago who is doing all the usage through his words and actions. hence it seemed fitting that Iago should be the one manipulating the sets. The lighting was plain etiolate throughout the show out-of-pocket to the nature of the minimalistic set. In the passe-partout play, Othello is a black man. As Kien Lee is Chinese, the difference between Othello and the other characters was represented by a change in costume. \n The acting on a whole was quite convincing. Lims act of Iago was superb. He managed to show Iagos abuse side in a rather unconven tiona...