AND so we begin our journey through SHAKESPEARE'S OTHELLO. Here are some resources to digest:
Definition of TRAGEDY..excellent resource from The National Theatre:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSr6mP-zxUc&t=69s
Playing Othello:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cNOd1tUaaw
Playing Iago. The perspective from a black Iago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcCzk8aT8H8
RSC Director Iqbal Khan discusses the play:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvef-Rxk6DU&t=23s
Read this article:
http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/etcetera/theatre/is-othello-a-racist-play-rsc-actor-hugh-quarshie-is-asking-the-question-1-4184119
CHEESE PLEASE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIIjya_5Oro
RSC Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZqibDkdmMo
Lenny Henry:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0tpRd7g9aw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYYe1vbh17o&t=1s
Homework: Students need to be familiar with the whole play but I expect ALL students to have a fairly sophisticated understanding of the OPENING ACT.
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