Everyone knows how the play "Othello" is going to end, so really the artistic and entertainment value hinges on whether an audience can sympathize with Othello as he is manipulated by the extent of Iago’s hatred for him. Unfortunately for Eliott Johnson as Othello, we meet him as the already heralded general of the Venetian army but witness nothing heroic about him. This monotone Othello doesn’t even raise his voice until Act 3, Scene 4, with “Zounds!,” an epithet meaning God’s wounds, and only upon his exit after confronting Desdemona about the missing heirloom handkerchief.
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" 'Othello' ranks fairly low on my list of preferred Shakespeare plays, but a production as strong as this one changes my feelings toward it significantly. It may not be a professional production, but it was certainly more enjoyable."
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“One might think that the lack of a star would create a vacuum in this ‘Othello’. It doesn’t. Without the trappings of a conventional stage, spectators get to experience the drama at arm’s length from the performers.”
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