Othello
Wednesday, Jul 28, 2010 8:00p
Boston Common
Boston,
MA
Seth Gilliam, James Waterston, and Marianna Bassham lead a strong cast in Steven Maler's free production for Commonwealth Shakespeare Company. -- Louise Kennedy, Globe Staff
On these dreamy midsummer nights, "Othello" is the Shakespeare on the Common production by Commonwealth Shakespeare Company. The title character is a general in Venice who incites his friend Iago by not promoting him to personal lieutenant. This sets the Elizabethan stage for revenge, murders, and jealousy. Othello is played… Show more
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For the finest moments in this year’s free Shakespeare production on Boston Common, Steven Maler’s staging of “Othello’’ for Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, look to the margins: the smaller roles in the shadow of the stars.
(Full review)Seth Gilliam stands apart from the rest of the cast of “Othello,’’ waiting to rehearse Act 2, Scene 2, in which Othello breaks up a barroom brawl and silences the place with a few words. Lost in thought, he moves his lips ever so slightly as he goes over his lines. The others wait together.
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