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 ...

Washington's movie-star presence is undimmable ... an embroidered family heirloom given by Othello to Desdemona and then used by Iago to incriminate Cassio - suspended in mid-air, fluttering ...

Where Washington's interpretation may lack a tragic dimension, it makes perfectly clear why an old codger like Othello would think his young wife lusts for a hot young lieutenant like Cassio.

The work revolves around four central characters: Othello, a Moorish general in the Venetian army; his new wife, Desdemona; his lieutenant, Cassio; and his trusted ensign, Iago. Because of its ...