Using Othello as a Comparative Text: Othello on Screen Othello on Screen
Othello has been adapted for the screen many times, including four silent movies between 1907 and 1922.
Films
Š 1952 Othello directed by and starring Orson Welles.
Š 1965 Othello with Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Frank Finlay and Joyce Redman.
Š 1995 Othello with Kenneth Branagh, Laurence Fishburne and Irene Jacob. Directed by Oliver Parker.
Television
Š 1981 Othello – part of the BBC’s complete works of Shakespeare. Starring Anthony Hopkins and Bob Hoskins.
Š 1990 Othello – a film version of the Royal Shakespeare Company production starring Michael Grandage, Ian McKellen, Clive Swift, Willard White, Sean Baker and Imogen Stubbs. Directed by Trevor Nunn.
Š 2001 Othello – TV movie with Eamonn Walker, Christopher Eccleston and Keeley Hawes.
