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Othello is a 2001 British television film starring Eamonn Walker, Christopher Eccleston and Keeley Hawes. It is an adaptation in modern English of William Shakespeare 's play Othello . It was scripted by Andrew Davies and directed by Geoffrey Sax .
Othello: Directed by Geoffrey Sax. With Eamonn Walker, Christopher Eccleston, Keeley Hawes, Richard Coyle. Shakespeare's Othello retold in modern London; racial tension in the police force collides with jealousy and revenge. An officer suspects his new bride of infidelity.
23 gru 2001 · By order of the Prime Minister, black police officer John Othello (Eamonn Walker) is promoted to Commissioner, a post dearly coveted by Othello's friend, mentor and fellow officer Ben Jago (Christopher Eccleston).
On 24 December 1988, Channel 4 broadcast Janet Suzman's genuinely groundbreaking Market Theatre of Johannesburg touring version, which had made a huge impact in a country still under the apartheid regime for its casting of black actor John Kani as Othello.
Directed by Geoffrey Sax. An Explosive 21st Century Adaptation From Masterpiece Theatre. With freshly rechristened characters and brand-new dialogue, this British TV production of Othello is a “rethinking” of Shakespeare’s play, albeit still retaining the original’s power and potency.
This BBC Television production of Othello, directed by Tony Richardson and starring Gordon Heath as Othello, Rosemary Harris as Desdemona and Paul Rogers as Iago, is the earliest production of Shakespeare on British television to be extant. The first 25 mins, set in Venice, were filmed, and the remainder, set in Cyprus, was shown live.
When the death of the black Billy Coates in custody causes racial unrest, John Othello, the only authoritative black police officer, manages to prevent riots by pointing to the press and promising to solve the case; the government names him successor to Carver over his friend Jago's head.
