OTHELLO

Penguin Audio, 1998, Arkangel Complete Shakespeare.  ISBN 014180043-7.  2 audio cassette tapes with an approx. playing time of 2 ½ hours, still in manufacturer’s shrink wrap with original price sticker on rear.  Othello is played by Don Warrington, David Threlfall is Iago, Anne-Marie Duff is Desdemona, and Jasper Britton plays Cassio.  ‘Othello, a Moorish general in the service of Venice, has married Desdemona, beautiful daughter of a Venetian Senator.  But Iago, Othello’s malignant ensign, is determined to destroy their happiness.  Cunningly bending the greatness of Othello’s nature to his own purposes, Iago persuades the Moor that Desdemona is unfaithful to him.  Tormented in a hell of jelousy (sic), Othello moves inexorably toward the destruction of his innocent wife and himself.  This great tragedy confronts the mystery at the heart of evil and contains some of Shakespeare’s most magnificent dramatic verse.’ (from rear case)