Word: othellos
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...central character, played by John Colicos, is King Leontes, who unjustly believes himself cuckolded and proceeds to wreak his jealousy on everyone around, even defying the oracle of Delphi. Of Shakespeare's three great studies of jealousy--Leontes, Othello, and Ford--this is the most realistic. Leontes is a neurotic with high blood pressure and fits of paranoia. Whereas Othello's jealousy builds up in a steady crescendo, Leontes' bursts out in white heat at the outset and, feeding on itself, stays at the same level...
...first production, the Independent Players will present Othello, by William Shakespeare. The play will probably open on October 15 at the Pi Eta Theatre, thus making it the first under-graduate offering of 1958-59. Wolfson said that backers have already invested about half of the necessary money...
Wolfson also announced part of the cast for Othello, which will be directed by Jan A. Hartman '60. William M. Kelley, Jr. '60 will appear as Othello, Earl Edgerton as Iago, Nathan C. Douthit '60 as Cassio, and Edith Iselin as Emilia...
...SOVIET MOVIE SWAP will be made for first time since World War II. Hollywood plans to lease a dozen hits-Picnic, Oklahoma!, etc.-to U.S.S.R. for $50,000 to $100,000 each, get about six Russian films for showing in U.S., e.g., Swan Lake, Othello, Don Quixote...
Fausto Cleva, not the Met's liveliest conductor, this time set his singers a brisk pace, never permitted any sagging in the supple vocal line that Verdi skillfully stitched through Arrigo Boito's libretto. As Othello, Tenor Mario del Monaco sailed onstage in full joyous shout in his "Esultate," and from there on through his Act III explosion of jealous rage, never pausing to be subtle, kept the house ringing and the stage dark with passion. Baritone Leonard Warren as lago proved again his ability to soar dramatically or modulate to a mahogany pianissimo, invested his role with...