'Othello Performance Analysis'

'On the twenty-fifth of April 2015, I had the fortune to catch the 8.30 p.m. proceeding of one of Shakespeares greatest tragedies, Othello, at KLPAC. Directed by Lim Kien leeward and Qahar Aqilah, the fancy stars Grace Ng, Sandee Chew, Lim briefly 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 exclusively in ascorbic acid minutes. The play starts finish off with Roderigo (Kgia Loong) telling Brabantio (David) that his daughter, Desdemona (Ng) has eloped with Othello, the oecumenical of the Venetian Army. He is not blessed as Othello is of African and Arabian blood line but Desdemona convinces him that she sincerely does love Othello. Meanwhile, Iago (Lim) who has been Othellos comrade for many a(prenominal) years is maladjusted with rage as he was not chosen for the locating of Leftenant. Instead, Othello chose Michael Cassio (Arief) for th e post. Driven by envy, Iago spreads rumours of Desdemonas closeness with Cassio to Othello causing Othello to motion Desdemonas devotion to her.\nThe production utilise a rattling minimalistic set. Six bootleg boxes were used and manipulated end-to-end the play to establish the different settings. It is important to note that most of the time, it is often Iago who is moving the boxes around to essay the next scene. consort to Kien Lee, this was because in the plot, it is Iago who is doing exclusively the manipulation done his words and actions. whence it seemed fitting that Iago should be the one manipulating the sets. The release was plain livid throughout the repoint due to the constitution of the minimalistic set. In the original play, Othello is a swart man. As Kien Lee is Chinese, the difference in the midst of Othello and the other characters was be by a change in costume. \n The acting on a unit was quite convincing. Lims depicting of Iago was superb. He managed to verbalise Iagos evil spot in a rather unconventiona... '