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Othello

12/15/1955

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1hr 48min

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Drama

STORY

The earliest British televised production in existence of the play Othello, with black American actor, Gordon Heath, in the title role. This was the first televised version of the play to feature a black actor in the title role. Gordon Heath, an American, came to Britain in 1947 and was cast by Kenneth Tynan to play Othello in his 1950 Arts Council production. The play takes place in Venice and Cyprus and the original production was part-live, with recorded Venice sequences

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Gordon Heath
  • Rosemary Harris
  • Paul Rogers
  • Robert Hardy
  • Nigel Davenport

    Director

  • Tony Richardson

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • BBC

    Production Countries

  • United Kingdom

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

Gordon Heath

Othello

Rosemary Harris

Desdemona

Paul Rogers

Iago

Robert Hardy

Cassio

Nigel Davenport

Lodovico

Stephen Dartnell

Sailor

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