Shakespeare walked so that Oliver Parker could run. Director Oliver Parker’s 1995 version of the Shakespearean tragedy “Othello” is, at times, almost too hot to handle. If you are craving a romantic ...

At 30, Quinton Cockrell looks as if he could be Othello’s favorite nephew, or maybe his son. After all, Laurence Olivier played Othello, and so did James Earl Jones. We think of Shakespeare’s tragic ...

OTHELLO. Laurence Fishburne, Kenneth Branagh, Irene Jacob. Directed by Oliver Parker. At area theaters. Running time: 125 mins. Rated: R. 2 Stars IN OLIVER PARKER’S EMinently ’90s interpretation of ...

OTHELLO. By William Shakespeare. With Ezra Knight, Allen Gilmore, Kate Forbes, Shona Tucker, Anthony Ward, others. Sets by Michael Vaughn Sims. Costumes by James Scott. Directed by Penny Metropulos.

Intent on exposing the racial schism in its source, Barbara Gaines’ culture-clashing “Othello” means to explore the split soul of Shakespeare’s tragic outsider. Ironically, the staging does full ...

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