A Level Drama students were lucky to secure tickets to see the upcoming RSC production of the iconic Shakespeare play, Othello, at the Theatre Royal Haymarket on Thursday 11th December.
The production provided an excellent learning resource for their understanding and critical theatre studies analysis, preparing them for internal assessments, preps and mock examinations during the course.
Othello is one of Shakespeare’s best-known plays and has received many productions and stage, film, TV and audio adaptations. The synopsis follows: When Othello, a Black general in the military, passes over his friend and confidant Iago for promotion, choosing the more junior soldier Cassio instead. Envious of Othello’s success and furious at being snubbed, the ambitious Iago plots Othello’s downfall – he will lead Othello to believe that his beloved wife, Desdemona, is conducting an affair with Cassio. With the unwitting aid of his wife, Emilia, Desdemona’s servant, Iago sets his plan into motion. What follows is an explosive series of events that can only end in tragedy…
Students fully immersed themselves in the production and participated in analysis immediately afterwards (with hot chocolates in hand) )in preparation for Othello as their Paper 1 exam.
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