Photo Title

1965: Othello

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Production Title

Othello

Production Date

1965

Photograph Caption

The elopement of Othello and Desdemona enrages the Venetian beauty's father, Brabantio (center). The old man warns Othello to beware, lest she deceive him as she did her father. (Act I, Scene III.

Dialogue

Brabantio: "Look to her, Moor, if thou hast eyes to see.
She has deceived her father, and may thee." (I.iii.293-294)

Play Title

Othello

Venue

Film

Company Location

Great Britain

Company Name

National Theatre of Great Britain

Creator

Genre

Tragedy

Character

Othello: Laurence Oliver
Desdemona: Maggie Smith
Brabantio: Anthony Nicholls

Other Credits

Anthony Have-Lock Allan - Producer
John Brabourne - Producer
Stuart Burge - Director
Jocelyn Herbert - Designer
William Kellner - Designer

Other Notes

Performed as it was presented on the stage by the National Theatre of Great Britain. A Warner Brothers release.

Object Type

black-and-white photographs

Size of Original

8 x 10 in.

Donor

Cole, Joseph E.

Repository

Cleveland State University. Michael Schwartz Library. Special Collections.

Format

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