Othello

These are theaters of war where Shakespeare lets his characters collide: politics, marriage, the bed. And in the end, it's not just the soldiers Othello, Iago and Cassio who are left wounded or killed on the battlefield, but also the civilians: Desdemona, Rodrigo and Emilia, Iago's own wife. Victim of Othello's bloodlust, collateral damage of a man in madness. We watch shocked and stunned. How could it come to this? Othello – a milestone in theatrical literature and one of Shakespeare's cleverest plays – is an appealing proposition. A gripping thriller, strong characters in the inevitable wake of human catastrophe, driven by love and envy, hatred and jealousy.