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A Night At The Theatre
Sunday, 30 October 2011 01:58 pmWhile my folks were here we went to see Othello at The Crucible in Sheffield (one of my fav theatres in the country), courtesy of a great flist that points stuff like this out to me.
I really enjoyed the production. They did not make any changes to the setting (16th century Cyprus) which I mostly prefer. I don't mind directors making changes to the time/setting of a play if it actually adds something or provides an additional commentary to how the play applies to modern times, but often it feels more like gimmickry or an attempt to be edgy.
Both leads were very good, West impressed me a little bit more than Peters overall, partly I think because I found the Yorkshire accent easier on the ear than the Caribbean one (though both were apt choices imo). Also, Othello doesn't have that much to shine with in the first half of the play. I'd be interested whether knowing the back stories of their respective characters would add something to the reading of this play, unfortunately I haven't seen The Wire, so I don't know.
A small collection of links - please click the media of you choice:
Print
A review that kind of comes quite close to what I thought, and says it much better
More Print
In case you like your review less biased, this is a compilation of all the review of the play.
BBC Radio - Front Row
Includes an excerpt of the scene at the beginning if you want to check out the accents, but I'm not sure it works outside the UK.
TV
15 minute interview with Dominic West, mainly about Othello, but also some other recent projects. Includes some brief clips of the play, in case you wanna see him in tights, but no sound for some stupid reason. The editing is a bit annoying, though.
(this post was started a couple of weeks ago and got lost in the open tab jungle on my computer, but I'm posting it anyway)
I really enjoyed the production. They did not make any changes to the setting (16th century Cyprus) which I mostly prefer. I don't mind directors making changes to the time/setting of a play if it actually adds something or provides an additional commentary to how the play applies to modern times, but often it feels more like gimmickry or an attempt to be edgy.
Both leads were very good, West impressed me a little bit more than Peters overall, partly I think because I found the Yorkshire accent easier on the ear than the Caribbean one (though both were apt choices imo). Also, Othello doesn't have that much to shine with in the first half of the play. I'd be interested whether knowing the back stories of their respective characters would add something to the reading of this play, unfortunately I haven't seen The Wire, so I don't know.
A small collection of links - please click the media of you choice:
A review that kind of comes quite close to what I thought, and says it much better
More Print
In case you like your review less biased, this is a compilation of all the review of the play.
BBC Radio - Front Row
Includes an excerpt of the scene at the beginning if you want to check out the accents, but I'm not sure it works outside the UK.
TV
15 minute interview with Dominic West, mainly about Othello, but also some other recent projects. Includes some brief clips of the play, in case you wanna see him in tights, but no sound for some stupid reason. The editing is a bit annoying, though.
(this post was started a couple of weeks ago and got lost in the open tab jungle on my computer, but I'm posting it anyway)