Kabuki Othello
By Karen Sunde
Kabuki Othello is a play that needs 8 or more performers. Licensed by Dramatic Publishing.
- Type
- play
- Cast size
- 8 or more performers
- Cast notes
- 8 to 18+ actors of either gender.
- Recommended level
- High school
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- romance
- Licensor
- Dramatic Publishing
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Synopsis
Kabuki Othello is a lyric (haiku-like) rendition of Shakespeare's story, Eastern style. Othello, an Ainu (Caucasian native) war hero in Japan; Iago, Othello's officer and husband to Emilia; and Cassio, playboy officer who idolizes Othello, all revolve around the delicate, sure-minded Desdemona, who captures Othello's heart. Emilia prepares the bride, and a wedding night dance makes Iago, who lusts for Desdemona, burn. So all four "roll together" on a wheel of fate when Iago, who loathes Cassio,
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