The Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.
Casts Adrian Lester, Rory Kinnear, Jonathan Bailey, Lyndsey Marshal, Sandy Batchelor, David Carr, William Chubb, Robert Demeger, Gabriel Fleary, Scott Karim
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Sound of Music Live!
National Theatre Live: Macbeth
Stratford Festival: Antony and Cleopatra
Stratford Festival: King John
Secret Service
Passion
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
National Theatre Live: Julie
National Theatre Live: King Lear
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
Gypsy
Revue Starlight ―The STAGE Junior High― Rebellion
The Flying Dutchman
National Theatre Live: The Audience
National Theatre Live: Cyrano de Bergerac
Macbeth
National Theatre Live: Jane Eyre
RiffTrax Live: RAD
Cabaret
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Sound of Music Live!
IMDB 7.8 | Dec , 2015
The popular musical is brought to life on soundstages at London's Three Mills Studio, in a live TV dramatisation of the timeless story of Maria and the Von Trapp Family singers, one of the world's best-known concert groups in the era immediately preceding World War II.National Theatre Live: Macbeth
IMDB 7 | Jul , 2013
Performing from within the walls of a deconsecrated Manchester church, Kenneth Branagh takes the lead role in this ambitious production of William Shakespeare's tragic tale of ambition and treachery.Stratford Festival: Antony and Cleopatra
IMDB 4 | May , 2015
Reason and judgement prove no match for the tsunami of mutual passion engulfing Mark Antony, one of the three joint rulers of the Roman republic, and Cleopatra, the seductive queen of Egypt. Surrendering everything to their desires, they open the floodgates to a civil conflict that will shake the very foundations of their world.Stratford Festival: King John
IMDB 8.3 | Apr , 2015
When the King of France demands that John relinquish his crown in favor of his nephew, the young Prince Arthur, war is the inevitable result. Excommunication, attempted atrocity, rebellion, and assassination all contribute to political turmoil and personal grief for a mother who has lost her son.Secret Service
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1977
Set in Richmond, Virginia in October 1864, tells the story of a Union spy working to seize control of the telegraph office.Passion
IMDB 0 | Mar , 2005
Passion is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Lapine. The story was adapted from Ettore Scola's film Passione d'Amore. Central themes include love, sex, obsession, illness, passion, beauty, power and manipulation. Set in 19th century Italy, the plot concerns a young soldier and the changes in him brought about by the obsessive love of Fosca, his Colonel's homely, ailing cousin.Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
IMDB 7.7 | Nov , 2015
A jealous king jeopardizes his family, friendships and succession.National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
IMDB 7 | Jan , 2016
Marquise de Merteuil, former lover of Vicomte de Valmont, incites him to corrupt the innocent Cécile de Volanges before her wedding night, but Valmont has targeted the peerlessly virtuous and beautiful Madame de Tourvel.National Theatre Live: Julie
IMDB 7.5 | Sep , 2018
Wild and newly single, Julie throws a late night party. In the kitchen, Jean and Kristina clean up as the celebration heaves above them. Crossing the threshold, Julie initiates a power game with Jean – which rapidly descends into a savage fight for survival.National Theatre Live: King Lear
IMDB 8.2 | Sep , 2018
Considered by many to be the greatest tragedy ever written, King Lear sees two ageing fathers – one a King, one his courtier – reject the children who truly love them. Their blindness unleashes a tornado of pitiless ambition and treachery, as family and state are plunged into a violent power struggle with bitter ends.National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
IMDB 6.3 | Nov , 2018
It’s 1786 and King George III is the most powerful man in the world. But his behaviour is becoming increasingly erratic as he succumbs to fits of lunacy. With the King’s mind unravelling at a dramatic pace, ambitious politicians and the scheming Prince of Wales threaten to undermine the power of the Crown, and expose the fine line between a King and a man.Gypsy
IMDB 7.8 | Dec , 2015
Gypsy's mother Rose dreams of a life in show business for her daughters, but Louise becomes a huge burlesque star. Stage musical loosely based on the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee.Revue Starlight ―The STAGE Junior High― Rebellion
IMDB 10 | Jul , 2023
Seisho Music Academy, Siegfeld Institute of Music, and Seiran General Art Institute are to put on a play as part of an exchange program between the three schools. With Yachiyo supervising Siegfeld, she and the five middle schoolers meet with Claudine, Futaba, and Suzu. The play they will be performing is Seisho's popular program "The Wartime of Farewells". As it had been previously revived with Kaoruko and Maya in the lead roles, Claudine and Futaba participate with an extraordinary resolve; meanwhile, Suzu gains a keen interest in Siegfeld's newborn raw gems. Following Regalia, each of them has taken a step forward as a Stage Girl, but Shiro alone remains without a reason to stand on stage. Shiro has been a servant of the Siegfeld family since childhood, and has lived her life solely for Stella's sake, giving everything up for her. However, her reason of being is shaken up once a camaraderie between Stella and Ryoko starts to develop after their revue.The Flying Dutchman
IMDB 7.2 | Jan , 1989
lkka Backman's celebrated rendition of Wagner's opera tells the story of The Flying Dutchman, a skipper who's been banished to sea for all eternity. Staged in a large outdoor courtyard inside Finland's Olavinlinna Castle, the production features German singer Franz Grundheber in the title role and Finnish opera singer Matti Salminen as Daland, a Norwegian sea captain whose daughter Senta (Hildegard Behrens) is the love of the Dutchman's life.National Theatre Live: The Audience
IMDB 8.3 | Jun , 2013
For sixty years, Elizabeth II has met each of her twelve Prime Ministers in a weekly audience at Buckingham Palace, a meeting like no other in British public life, it is private.National Theatre Live: Cyrano de Bergerac
IMDB 8.4 | Feb , 2020
Fierce with a pen and notorious in combat, Cyrano almost has it all - if only he could win the heart of his true love Roxane. There’s just one big problem: he has a nose as huge as his heart. Will a society engulfed by narcissism get the better of Cyrano - or can his mastery of language set Roxane’s world alight?Macbeth
IMDB 8 | May , 2024
Blood will have blood. Unbridled ambition, supernatural forces, and murderous desires reign supreme in Shakespeare’s most poetic examination of evil. When three witches tell Macbeth that he will become King of Scotland, he plots with his wife to attain the title through an assassination; a bloody act that gives him his crown and sends him careening down the path of his own undoing.National Theatre Live: Jane Eyre
IMDB 7 | Dec , 2015
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meet the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Mr. Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?RiffTrax Live: RAD
IMDB 8 | Aug , 2023
Teens! Bikes! Feathered Hair! Love and revenge! Leotards and acid-washed denim! It’s all here in the legendary Eighties BMX-racing action-drama-romance RAD! Join Mike, Bill and Kevin as they spin, flip and slow-bike-dance their way into your hearts, LIVE in theaters nationwide on August 17th! Don’t miss it, if you want to be RAD!Cabaret
IMDB 7.7 | Dec , 1993
Filmed live from the 1993 revival, Sam Mendes' directorial debut takes place at the Donmar Warehouse in London's West End. Jane Horrocks stars as cabaret girl Sally Bowles, Adam Godley as the bicurious Cliff, and Alan Cumming as the eccentric Emcee. Inside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed singer Sally and the impish Emcee sound the clarion call to decadent fun, while outside, a notorious political party grows into a brutal force.