Word: brabantio
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Stumbling over their lines, cast members have difficulty establishing any rapport with one another--interaction is, for the most part, flat and unconvincing. The opening scene between Iago, Roderigo and Brabantio is almost embarassing to watch...
...long incubation period, which we in the audience watch with suspense until it bursts out and sweeps us along with it. Now this incubation is hidden from the others on stage; so Shakespeare skilfully wrought a preliminary though related conflict between Othello and his father-in-law Brabantio...
Ethel Taylor in this role achieved no heights, but allowed her light to be extinguished gracefully; Virginia Bronson as Emilia was excellent, and if Brabantio recited his lines as if preparing for an examination, Cassio and Roderigo were fully adequate. The production was was both rich and smooth, with settings at once satisfying and suggestive, and with no long waits between them such as often dull the interest of Shakespeare. Mr. Leiber offers the most painless method of reviewing the important play...
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