Robert Johanson
Iago
Detail Info
Author, Director
Robert Johanson
Music, Lyrics
Janek Ledecky
Another effort with composer Janek Ledecky for which I wrote the book. A modern retelling of the Othello story from then point of view of the villain – Iago. Gripping. sexy, a musical horror story. It’s played for 3 years in Prague/Bratislava. The conflict is Muslim and Christian – very telling for our times
This is one of the reasons why it didn’t take a lot of work for Robert Johanson to convince Janek to embark together once again on creating a musical retelling of another of Shakespeare’s drama, which became a symbol of love destroyed by the devil’s intrigues and morbid jealousy simultaneously.
William Shakespeare wrote the drama The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice for the Globe Theater in 1603. Since that time, Othello has charmed the stage in hundreds of stagings and in thousands of performances all around the world. It has also been filmed in six famous film versions. The only praiseworthy attempt at interpreting Othello though music thus far was Verdi’s classic opera from 1887.
