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John Douglas Thompson as Othello and Juliet Rylance as Desdemona Othello Royal Shakespeare Theatre 2024 Directed by Tim Carroll Photograph by Rohan Persson ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Partially set in Venice and in Cypress this authentic version of Othello  - directed by Tim Carroll is a genius RSC production. The male contingents of the play are mainly officers or noblemen/religious representatives. The Venetian senator, Brabantio cannot bear the idea of daughter, Desdemona being married to the Moorish general, Othello. Desdemona however, is unphased, as she is completely love struck and impressed by Othello, as he is of her in return. Roderigo for one is easily manipulated by the jealous villainy of Iago to spoil the love match. Cassio too, is coerced by Iago to behave badly in a drunken state, and, in his desire to gain Othello's good favour back, is blind to Iago's devious ideas of using Desdemona in order to achieve it. Edward Hogg (Cassio) and Juliet Rylance as Desdemona RSC's Othello 202