Giles Terera and Clint Dyer at National Theatre, London Helen Murray/NT And so that the National having a Black man direct it through a Black lens… is beyond belief.” He labelled past versions of Othello “questionable” in terms of the racial dynamic of white actors blacking up to play the title character.ĭyer added that a production of Othello, mounted at the UK’s premier theater, starring a Black actor and directed by a Black man, as “a sea-change in ideology, a huge thing. A Black man directing Shakespeare at the National is a huge thing!”ĭyer’s view is that those white directors of previous explorations of Othello “didn’t feel comfortable with being able to articulate the Black experience through the piece and so instead they’d just avoid it. I do hope I can make it feel more impactful by using other techniques, such as video screens, than just using the words.”ĭyer ( Sus), who directed Terera in last year’s NT film production of Death of England: Face To Face, was appointed deputy artistic director of the NT 18 months ago. I don’t want it to necessarily be held in just an old-fashioned theater form. He told us: “I want to make it thrilling, make it feel like a movie experience. Dyer said he’s excited about filming the stage production. ![]() ![]() The National Theatre’s digital arm, NT Live, will broadcast Othello to cinemas worldwide in 2023. The play, about a man who rose from slavery to become a respected Black military leader and ambassador who marries a powerful Venetian senator’s white daughter, will open on the National’s Lyttelton stage November 23, running through January 21. ‘Yellowstone’s Taylor Sheridan To Direct Pilot Of 'Bass Reeves’ David Oyelowo Discusses Playing The Enslaved Man-Turned Legendary Lawman
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