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Title: OTHELLO

Reference number: 11312

Date: 1977c

Sound: sound

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 6.44 mins

Description: A recording of Scottish Ballet performing Othello at the King's Theatre in Edinburgh [incomplete].

Considered as one of the foremost exponents of the narrative ballet, Peter Darrell adapted Shakespeare’s classic tragedy into a powerful and dramatic one-act ballet. Iago, the key figure who allows tragic misunderstandings to flourish, brings about the story’s terrible conclusion. (STA SB Box 16/1b)

Note: There is image loss towards the end of this tape recording, and the recording ends abruptly. A more complete version is available at ref. 12316.

The Scottish Theatre Archive hold the following material relating to this production: Othello. Theatre Royal, Glasgow, 1978 March 22-April 1. Leaflet: STA SB 10/36d
Othello. Robin Anderson Theatre, Glasgow, 1991 June 7. Leaflet: STA SB Box 16/1b

See also refs. 11265, 11313 and 12316

Please note this is a copy of the raw capture of the original analogue video for preservation and as such may display defects such as dropout, washed out colour and sound fluctuation.

Credits: [Choreographer: Peter Darrell
Music: Franz Liszt (A Faust Symphony – 1st Movement)
Design: Peter Farmer
Lighting: Peter Searle

Shotlist: Performance: 00.02-06.44