Melbourne Hall Gardens to stage open air Shakespeare production this summer
By The View - Melbourne
MELBOURNE Hall Gardens will be hosting The Lord Chamberlain's Men this summer as they present Othello - Shakespeare's tale of blind jealousy.
On July 9, you will be able to see it performed how William Shakespeare first saw it.
The Lord Chamberlain’s Men – with a history stretching back to Shakespeare’s original company – present this play in the open air, with an all male cast and Elizabethan costumes, music and dance.
Othello, the Moor of Venice, a respected General in the Venetian army, promotes the young Cassio to be his Lieutenant over Iago, a soldier in his service.
In doing so he unwittingly sparks Iago’s deep-seated hatred into terrifying life and sets in motion a horrendous spiral of vengeance and destruction that sweeps away everyone before it.
As Iago weaves his web and seeks his revenge he poisons Othello against Desdemona, who he has recently and secretly married, and turns the world upside down until Othello becomes unmoored from reality with devastating
consequences.
It is described as a powerful story of deception, jealousy and a man that loved not wisely, but too well.
You will be able to bring a chair and a picnic for the event at the South Derbyshire venue.
