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| 0 | SELBY: Town Hall |
|---|---|
| P | Thursday 26th September, 2013 |
| N | 6:30pm |
NOTE - THIS IS A LIVE CINEMA SCREENING BROADCAST FROM THE NATIONAL THEATRE IN LONDON
National Theatre Live is a groundbreaking initiative to broadcast the best of British theatre to cinemas around the world. It has been a huge hit in the UK, and will be coming to Selby Town Hall for a new season this autumn and winter. Three productions from London's National Theatre will be broadcast live, via satellite, to the venue.
OTHELLO
The National Theatre presents a major new production of William Shakespeare's celebrated play about the destructive power of jealousy.
Olivier Award-winning actor Adrian Lester (Henry V at the National Theatre, BBC's Hustle) takes the title role. Playing opposite him as the duplicitous Iago is fellow Olivier Award-winner Rory Kinnear (The Last of the Haussmans, James Bond: Skyfall), who is reunited with director Nicholas Hytner (Timon of Athens, One Man, Two Guvnors) following their acclaimed collaboration on the National Theatre's recent production of Hamlet.
Othello, newly married to Desdemona - who is half his age - is appointed leader of a major military operation. Iago, passed over for promotion by Othello in favour of the young Cassio, persuades Othello that Cassio and Desdemona are having an affair.
