Review: Daniel Craig and David Oyelowo Spark Fire in 'Othello'

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Jennifer Vanasco
WNYC News | Jan 8, 2017

A new production of Othello with film stars David Oyelowo as Othello and Daniel Craig as Iago is now at the New York Theater Workship. In her review, WNYC's theater critic Jennifer Vanasco says it shows Shakespeare's classic in a new light.

 

Othello

By William Shakespeare; directed by Sam Gold

At New York Theatre Workshop, 79 E. 4th St., through Jan. 18

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