Othello Performance Analysis

On the 25th of April 2015, I had the opportunity to catch the 8.30 p.m. performance of nonpareil of Shakespeares greatest tragedies, Othello, at KLPAC. Directed by Lim Kien downwind and Qahar Aqilah, the display stars Grace Ng, Sandee Chew, Lim before long Heng, Arief Hamizan, David H. Lim, Kgia Loong and Kien Lee himself in the title role. Shakespeare Demystified: Othello tells a tale of prejudice, love, envy, green-eyed monster and murder all in 100 minutes. The play starts remove 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 content as Othello is of African and Arabian descent but Desdemona convinces him that she rightfully does love Othello. Meanwhile, Iago (Lim) who has been Othellos confrere for many years is demented with rage as he was not chosen for the mail service of Leftenant. Instead, Othello chose Michael Cassio (Arief) for the post. Driven by env y, Iago spreads rumours of Desdemonas affair with Cassio to Othello causing Othello to doubt Desdemonas loyalty to her.\nThe product employ a in truth minimalistic set. Six melanize boxes were used and manipulated throughout the play to constitute the different settings. It is important to assembly line that most of the time, it is often Iago who is go the boxes around to hand over the adjacent scene. According to Kien Lee, this was because in the plot, it is Iago who is doing all the manipulation through his address and actions. Therefore it seemed fitting that Iago should be the one manipulating the sets. The lighting was plain 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 going away between Othello and the other characters was equal by a variety show in costume. \n The acting on a whole was quite convincing. Lims portrayal of Iago was superb. He managed to show Iagos ev il side in a rather unconventiona...