In this simmering production, John Douglas Thompson took the title role opposite Will Keen as Iago and Juliet Rylance as Desdemona

John Douglas Thompson (Till, Theatre for A New Audience’s The Merchant of Venice) took the title role opposite Will Keen (Operation Mincemeat, Wolf Hall) as Iago and Juliet Rylance (McMafia, Perry Mason) as Desdemona, in this production from director Tim Carroll (Artistic Director of Canada’s Shaw Festival and director of the award-winning Twelfth Night and Richard III featuring Mark Rylance at Shakespeare’s Globe, in the West End and on Broadway).

Othello played at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre October-November 2024.

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2024 Cast and creatives

CAST

Al Barclay - Lodovico
Scott Brooksbank - Montano
Ricardo Castro - Messenger
John Paul Connolly - Duke of Venice
Jason Eddy - Sailor
Kevin N Golding - Clown
Anastasia Hille - Emilia
Edward Hogg - Cassio
Colin Hurley - Brabantio
Madeleine Hyland - Bianca
Will Keen - Iago
Graham Mackay-Bruce - Senator
Johan Munir - Officer
Jonathan Oliver - Gratiano
Finlay Paul - Ensemble
Andrew Price - Senator
Claire Redcliffe - Ensemble
Juliet Rylance - Desdemona
Jethro Skinner - Roderigo
John Douglas Thompson - Othello

 

CREATIVES

Director - Tim Carroll
Set & Costume Design - Judith Bowden
Lighting Designer - Paule Constable
Composer, Company Voice Work & Music Director - James Oxley
Sound Designer - Donato Wharton
Movement Director - Alexis Miligan
Fight Director - Kev McCurdy
Casting Director - Matthew Dewsbury CDG and Martin Poule CDG
Associate Lighting Designer - Caroline Burrell
Music Associate - Joseph Atkins
Assistant Director - Nyasha Gudo

OTHELLO IN PHOTOS

Othello costume designs

Immerse yourself within the world of Othello with these beautiful Jacobean period costume design sketches by set and costume designer Judith Bowden.

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