Othello

Starring: Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith Director: John Dexter, Stuart Burge Original UK Premiere: 1964 Dvd Release: 15th July, 2003 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: PAL, Region 0 Encoding

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At first you are impressed at the list of actors that appear . Then you are impressed with Olivier . Later you notice the great camera work that gives you the feel of the play & focuses in just the right place & time. The set gives us the feel we are watching the play . After the initial thrill you are so mesmerized by the play that all you see is the characters & the story augmented with Shakespeares wit.

Othello & Desdemona are the perfect husband & wife. They love & trust each other implicitly. It seems that many other people especially men love Desdemona also. However, his most trusted & honest friend decides to act on this by treachery & deceit to convince Othello of Desdemonas alleged unfaithfulness. The best laid plans... Even if you have & like other versions this is a must see & have.

Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM was an English actor & director, esteemed by many as the greatest actor of the 20th century. Laurence Olivier was born in Dorking, Surrey. He attended the Central School of Speech Training & Dramatic Art. It was his father, a clergyman, who decided that Laurence - or Kim as the family called him - would become an actor. His stage breakthrough was in Noel Coward s Private Lives & in Romeo & Juliet alternating the roles of Romeo & Mercutio with John Gielgud. His film breakthrough was his portrayal of Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights in 1939. He was founding director of the National Theatre of Great Britain. On July 25, 1930, he married Jill Esmond, whom Olivier biographer Donald Spoto described as a diffident lesbian. They had one son, Tarquin & were divorced on January 29, 1940. By 1938, he had embarked on a torrid affair with Vivien Leigh, who was also married. Finally divorced by their respective spouses, they married on August 31, 1940 at San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Barbara, with Katharine Hepburn as the maid of honour. Posters Of Laurence Olivier

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Dame Margaret Natalie Smith Cross, better known as Maggie Smith, is a British film, stage & television actress. She was appointed a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1990. She started her career at the Oxford Playhouse Theatre with Frank Shelley & first appeared on the movie screen in 1956. In 1969 she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. She has been married twice, first to Robert Stephens & then to Beverley Cross. She has two sons by Stephens, actors Toby Stephens & Chris Larkin. She played the title character in the stage production of Alan Bennett s Lady in the Van & starred as Peter Pan in Sir JMBaries fairytale story Peter Pan She won a Tony Award in 1990 for Actress in a Play for Lettice & Lovage Posters Of Maggie Smith

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