Othello Performance Analysis

On the 25th of April 2015, I had the luck to catch the 8.30 p.m. performance of mavin of Shakespeares greatest tragedies, Othello, at KLPAC. Directed by Lim Kien leeward and Qahar Aqilah, the array stars Grace Ng, Sandee Chew, Lim shortly Heng, Arief Hamizan, David H. Lim, Kgia Loong and Kien Lee himself in the epithet role. Shakespeare Demystified: Othello tells a tale of prejudice, love, envy, jealousy and murder solely in 100 minutes. The play starts finish off with Roderigo (Kgia Loong) telling Brabantio (David) that his daughter, Desdemona (Ng) has eloped with Othello, the General of the Venetian Army. He is not joyous as Othello is of African and Arabian descent but Desdemona convinces him that she authentically does love Othello. Meanwhile, Iago (Lim) who has been Othellos buddy for many years is unbalanced with rage as he was not chosen for the convey of Leftenant. Instead, Othello chose Michael Cassio (Arief) for the post. Driven by envy, Iago spreads rumours of Desdemonas affair with Cassio to Othello causing Othello to enquiry Desdemonas loyalty to her.\nThe toil use a very minimalistic set. Six down in the mouth boxes were used and manipulated throughout the play to attest the different settings. It is important to invoice that most of the time, it is often Iago who is moving the boxes around to delegate the nigh scene. According to Kien Lee, this was because in the plot, it is Iago who is doing all the manipulation through his speech communication and actions. Therefore it seemed fitting that Iago should be the one manipulating the sets. The lighting was translucent white throughout the show due to the nature of the minimalistic set. In the original play, Othello is a black man. As Kien Lee is Chinese, the expiration between Othello and the other characters was represented by a interchange in costume. \n The acting on a whole was quite a convincing. Lims portrayal of Iago was superb. He managed to show Iagos evil side in a rather unconventiona...