A critically acclaimed production of Othello starring Ewan Macgregor as Iago and Chiwetel Ejiofor as Othello. Please bring in a USB - memory stick to have this copied. It is an excellent version word for word.
A link to the Donmar Warehouse where it was performed with some videos of the actors, director, designers discussing the play.
# An Othello of the first rank'
Guardian
# 'This is a terrific Othello'
Independent
# 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 'hottest theatre ticket in town'
The Times
# 'An extraordinarily fresh and new-minted production'
Independent
# 'It is a most powerful, memorable performance.'
Daily Express
# 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 'Ejiofor puts himself into the front rank of modern Othellos.'
Guardian
# [Kelly Reilly as Desdemona] 'I shall long remember her vulnerability: when struck by Othello, she registers a shocked disbelief and she is incredibly touching in the "willow" scene.'
Guardian
# 'the production finds two actors (Chiwetel and Ewan) who can go against the grain of current notions of how these roles should be played and who can furnish us with new insights into the hero's downfall.'
Independent
# 'Michael Grandage is directing with his usual flair, care and respect for the text.'
The Times
# 'First-rate support from Tom Hiddleston's posh, rank-pulling Cassio and Michelle Fairley's fierce and indignant Emilia'
Independent
# [Ewan McGregor] 'He’s vigorous, hard, mean and he does hate, really hate. Hate enough to give us Shakespeare’s play as it poignantly, painfully should be.'
The Times
# 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 'Extraordinary theatrical charge'
Sunday Express
# 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 'Kelly Reilly's sensual, soft and exquisitely delicate Desdemona'
Mail on Sunday
# 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 'Ejiofor and McGregor... it's a mouthwatering combination that doesn't disappoint'
Sunday Telegraph
# 'An Othello for our times... magnificant'
Observer
