'Othello Performance Analysis'

'On the twenty-fifth of April 2015, I had the prospect to catch the 8.30 p.m. military operation of one of Shakespeares greatest tragedies, Othello, at KLPAC. Directed by Lim Kien lee facial expression and Qahar Aqilah, the learn stars Grace Ng, Sandee Chew, Lim curtly 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, jealousy and murder e re eachy(prenominal) in light speed minutes. The play starts finish with Roderigo (Kgia Loong) telling Brabantio (David) that his daughter, Desdemona (Ng) has eloped with Othello, the common of the Venetian Army. He is non cheerful as Othello is of African and Arabian gloaming but Desdemona convinces him that she real does love Othello. Meanwhile, Iago (Lim) who has been Othellos comrade for umteen years is delirious with rage as he was not chosen for the venture of Leftenant. Instead, Othello chose Michael Cassio (Arief) fo r the post. Driven by envy, Iago spreads rumours of Desdemonas thing with Cassio to Othello causing Othello to distrust Desdemonas devotion to her.\nThe production apply a very minimalistic set. Six down(p) boxes were used and manipulated end-to-end the play to constitute the different settings. It is valuable to note that to the highest degree of the time, it is often Iago who is despicable the boxes around to express the next scene. match to Kien Lee, this was because in the plot, it is Iago who is doing all the manipulation through and through his words and actions. so it seemed fitting that Iago should be the one manipulating the sets. The lightness was plain duster throughout the argue due to the character of the minimalistic set. In the passe-partout play, Othello is a dark man. As Kien Lee is Chinese, the difference surrounded by Othello and the other characters was represent by a change in costume. \n The acting on a square was quite convincing. Lims ch aracterisation of Iago was superb. He managed to designate Iagos evil side in a rather unconventiona... '