Stratford Players
AS performed by the Stratford players, Othello was something of a revelation. The commentary seemed by its vigour and informality to reflect the attitude of those to whom Shakespeare is daily bread rather than caviare. Iago in the first scene resents Cassio because he’s a "bloody civilian.’ Othello is "reduced to the status of a demented savage." Even listeners least familiar with the play will find the commentary exquisitely comprehensible, though I can imagine pedants shrinking from what
smacks of the mortician’s too familiar handling of a loved one. The acting and production, as might have been expected, was superb, though I found the noises of the suffocating Desdemona rather conclusive in view of the fact that her final speech is still to come. I particularly admired the coarsening of voice as well as character which Anthony Quayle achieved in his Othello, and Barbara Jefford’s three-handkerchief blend of dignity and devastating schoolgirl directness. e
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 717, 10 April 1953, Page 10
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156Stratford Players New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 717, 10 April 1953, Page 10
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