Release Date

23 Dec, 2001

Runtime

01:38: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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. The story is set in the London of the near future, a crime-ridden metropolis virtually torn apart by racial hostilities. 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). Seething with jealousy, Jago contrives to discredit Othello in the eyes of the public, and to destroy John's interracial marriage to the lily-white Dessie (Keeley Hawes). Among those used as unwitting dupes to gain Jago's ends are Othello's trusted lieutenant, Michael Cass (Richard Coyle), scrupulously honest police constable Alan Roderick (Del Synnott), and Jago's own wife, Lulu (Rachael Stirling).

Original Title

Othello

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Actors

Christopher Eccleston

Eamonn Walker

Keeley Hawes

Richard Coyle

Rachael Stirling

Del Synnott

Michelle Newell

Christopher Fox

Bill Paterson

Carl McCrystal

Tim Faraday

Joss Ackland

Claire Oberman

Jon Snow

Anna Niland

Crew

Geoffrey Sax

Michele Buck

Andrew Davies

William Shakespeare

Julie Gardner

Jo Wright

Debbie Wiseman

Malcolm Thornton

Les Lansdown

Pat Hay

Daf Hobson

Andy Pryor

Leigh Walker

Anne Pivcevic