What: Othello by William Shakespeare
Where: Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon
When: 11th June 2015
“We’ve tried to make it less ridiculous, so we’ve cut some lines… which leaves us open to the accusation that by doing so we have made it less sublime – we’ve cut some of the music of Othello”.
– Hugh Quashie (Othello) in conversation with the Stratford-Upon-Avon Herald.
It is indeed interesting when the principal actor in a Shakespeare production describes the plotline of one of the Bard’s plays as being ridiculous – so ridiculous that it is worth spoiling the rhythm and rhyme of the play to correct. One might even consider this a kind of arrogance.
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