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Iago (/ i ˈ ɑː ɡ oʊ /) is a fictional character in Shakespeare's Othello (c. 1601–1604). Iago is the play's main antagonist, and Othello's standard-bearer.He is the husband of Emilia who is in turn the attendant of Othello's wife Desdemona.
Roderigo is introduced in the play's opening in Act One, Scene One, where, alongside Iago, he alerts Desdemona's father Brabantio that his daughter is eloping with Othello, a fact that Iago knows will cause him great annoyance. After breaking off from Iago, who hid in the earlier scene from Brabantio's sight, he joins Brabantio and his men in ...
And the text is heavily cut: Othello's first words are his speech to the Senators from Act 1 Scene 3. [251] [252] The film was critically panned on its 1955 release (headlines included "Mr Welles Murders Shakespeare in the Dark" and "The Boor of Venice") but was acclaimed as a classic upon its re-release in a restored version in 1992. [253]
Othello (also known as The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice) is a 1951 tragedy directed and produced by Orson Welles, who also adapted the Shakespearean play and played the title role. Recipient of the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film (precursory name for the Palme d'Or [ 3 ] ) at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival , the film was ...
Analyzing critics' approaches to Iago's motives, Jane Adamson suggests that is often assumed the skills of a detective are required. [3] Towards the end of the play Othello says of Iago, "an honest man he is, who hates the slime that sticks on filthy deeds" (V. ii. 147-149), even though by this point in the play the audience are well aware of ...
Othello (character), Soliloquy, James Earl Jones. Nominate and support. TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:24, 1 June 2011 (UTC) Comment—I need to listen again, but I watched the vid of this and found a few unsatisfactory things in his reading. It was underwhelming in some ways.
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Othello is a 1965 film based on the National Theatre Company's staging of Shakespeare's Othello (1964-1966) staged by John Dexter. Directed by Stuart Burge , the film stars Laurence Olivier , Maggie Smith , Joyce Redman , and Frank Finlay , who all received Oscar nominations, and provided film debuts for both Derek Jacobi and Michael Gambon .