Othello: Iago and Othello 

It isnt.

the language isn't modern, only the clothing is. it's a cool juxtaposition, because you get all the beautiful poetry but with a more relatable context.

It was in the Jacobean era @Bryan Lint

You can rent it on the National Theatre website

Do you not know what a modern interpretation is?

New Historicism 😅

because shakespeare performed Julius Caesar in elizabethan doublets, not a toga. he only wrote one original story in his whole career, his whole goal was taking pre-existing stories and updating them to the modern day, which for him, happened to be in the 1600's.

if you dont update it... you're missing the point. Both of the show, and shakespeare as an artist.

The MacSo not ridiculous. Who are you performing for? Certainly not the audience of 1600. There's a place for period pieces, but Shakespeare has always worked best when it's commenting on current affairs. That was the intent behind the work so why would we reduce his work to generic period dramas now? When we have an opportunity to say so much more with the audience of today?

@Supriya Finch First of all, writing a paragraph about Shakespeare in the internet wasn't totally a waste of your time . I learned many things and THANK YOU 😘. Anyway , I don't personally believe that acting an Elizabethan play like Othello in 21st century military costumes makes it " closer " or " more comprehensive " to the audience . Because it was just a change of clothes , not a modern adaptation with modern dialogues. [ Like in the movie " 10 Things I Hate About You " for example . ] So just modernizing clothes doesn't make millennials who perceive " Shakespeare is BORING ! " crowding to the theatres . In any piece of theatre or cinema , the setting ,music , costumes and make up play equally important roles in capturing the genuine essence of the story . That is why the 1968 production of " Romeo and Juliet " was still considered as the greatest movie adaptation of the play . As I said earlier , it was unnecessary to give an unwanted modernity to the tragedy thinking that " these themes and reactions of characters are 100 % relatable to contemporary times " because it's NOT . Yeah Shakespeare 's world immortal playwright but once you dive deep into plays you see numerous flimsy points . In Othello , "a reputed army general being nearly insane listening to the petty gossip recited to him by his subordinate and puny proof of a handkerchief about his wife's adultery " how can this storyline be even plausible in modern times ??? Thus it is crucial for viewer to understand the facts of "setting " that contributed . Patriarchal , conventional Venetian society [ and warlike Cyrus ] can be more convincingly portrayed through costumes that are closer and more appropriate to the time period . What I'm saying is , there's no necessity to act the drama EXACTLY as Shakespearean times . [ Not with all the " men only " policy and stage shortcomings LOL ] But there must be at least an effort to portray the STORY as it is ..

I love it

Alright James poole, time for beddy byes