Othello Performance Analysis

On the 25th of April 2015, I had the opportunity to catch the 8.30 p.m. writ of execution of one of Shakespeares superior tragedies, Othello, at KLPAC. Directed by Lim Kien lee side of meat and Qahar Aqilah, the express stars floor 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 chronicle of prejudice, love, envy, jealousy and murder wholly in 100 minutes. The make starts off with Roderigo (Kgia Loong) telling Brabantio (David) that his daughter, Desdemona (Ng) has eloped with Othello, the popular of the Venetian Army. He is non happy as Othello is of African and Arabian descent except Desdemona convinces him that she truly does love Othello. Meanwhile, Iago (Lim) who has been Othellos comrade for many years is mad with rage as he was not chosen for the post of Leftenant. Instead, Othello chose Michael Cassio (Arief) for the post. Driven by envy, Iago spreads rumour s of Desdemonas affair with Cassio to Othello create Othello to doubt Desdemonas subjection to her.\nThe production used a very minimalistic set. Six somber boxes were used and manipulated without the suffer to show the different settings. It is measurable to note that most of the time, it is oftentimes Iago who is moving the boxes around to show the next scene. According to Kien Lee, this was because in the plot, it is Iago who is doing all the manipulation through his words and actions. Therefore it seemed alteration that Iago should be the one manipulating the sets. The touchwood was plain white throughout the show due to the record of the minimalistic set. In the original play, Othello is a black man. As Kien Lee is Chinese, the difference between Othello and the some other characters was represented by a change in costume. \n The playing on a whole was quite convincing. Lims portrayal of Iago was superb. He managed to show Iagos evil side in a alternatively unconv entiona...