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Othello (Original title)
Date: 04 October 1981 (Television)

Countries: United Kingdom, USA

Director: Jonathan Miller

Synopsis: Television production of Shakespeare's play

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TV Transmissions
Date: 04 October 1981Broadcast company: BBCCountry: United KingdomTransmission time: 19:15-22:40Runtime: 205 mins Network - Language: English - Colour - Sound

Credits (11)
Production Company: BBC TV, Production Company: Time-Life Television, Production Company: BBC, Producer: Jonathan Miller, Script Editor: David Snodin, Author of the Original Work: William Shakespeare, Designer: Colin Lowrey, Music: Stephen Oliver, Sound: Alan Edmonds, Transmission Company: BBC Television
Cast (18)
Anthony Hopkins (Othello), Bob Hoskins (Iago), Penelope Wilton (Desdemona), Rosemary Leach (Emilia), Anthony Pedley (Roderigo), Geoffrey Chater (Brabantio), Joseph O'Conor (Lodovico), Alexander Davion (Gratiano), David Yelland (Cassio), John Barron (Duke of Venice), Peter Walmsley (Officer), Seymour Green (First senator), Howard Goorney (Second senator), Tony Steedman (Montano), Max Harvey (First gentleman), Terence Mcginity (Second gentleman), Nigel Nobes (Third gentleman), Wendy Morgan (Bianca)