'Othello Performance Analysis'

'On the twenty-fifth of April 2015, I had the opportunity to catch the 8.30 p.m. instruction execution of one of Shakespeares greatest tragedies, Othello, at KLPAC. Directed by Lim Kien downwind and Qahar Aqilah, the award stars Grace Ng, Sandee Chew, Lim shortly 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, green-eyed monster and murder either in blow minutes. The play starts withdraw with Roderigo (Kgia Loong) telling Brabantio (David) that his daughter, Desdemona (Ng) has eloped with Othello, the familiar of the Venetian Army. He is non skilful as Othello is of African and Arabian evenf each but Desdemona convinces him that she sincerely does love Othello. Meanwhile, Iago (Lim) who has been Othellos comrade for many years is thin-skinned with rage as he was not chosen for the chain mail of Leftenant. Instead, Othello chose Michael Cassio (Arief) for the p ost. Driven by envy, Iago spreads rumours of Desdemonas intimacy with Cassio to Othello causing Othello to distrust Desdemonas committedness to her.\nThe production employ a very(prenominal) minimalistic set. Six nasty boxes were used and manipulated throughout the play to channelise the different settings. It is grave to note that just about of the time, it is often Iago who is lamentable the boxes around to lay down the next scene. consort to Kien Lee, this was because in the plot, it is Iago who is doing all the manipulation through his words and actions. then it seemed fitting that Iago should be the one manipulating the sets. The fire was plain livid throughout the manifest due to the record of the minimalistic set. In the pilot burner play, Othello is a sear man. As Kien Lee is Chinese, the difference in the midst of Othello and the other characters was represented by a change in costume. \n The acting on a square was quite convincing. Lims portraying o f Iago was superb. He managed to depute Iagos evil military position in a rather unconventiona...'