Othello. Les Antonietes

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Autoria:
William Shakespeare
Intèrprets:
Annabel Castan, Òscar Intente, Arnau Puig
Il·luminació:
Iñaki Garz
Assesoria de moviment:
Fàtima Campos
Direcció:
Jean-Christophe Maillot
Coreografia:
Jean-Christophe Maillot
Sinopsi:

Otel·lo, general de l'exèrcit de la república de Venècia, i Desdèmona, filla del senador Brabancio, s'enamoren i es casen en secret. Iago, un dels lloctinents del moro, mogut per l'odi que sent cap a ell, intenta provocar la gelosia d'Otel·lo fent-li creure que la seva esposa li és infidel amb Cassio, el seu lleial tinent. Víctima de las seva terrible gelosia, Otel·lo acaba matant Desdèmona i després, en descobrir que tot ha estat un engany del malvat Iago, se suïcida.

Crítica: Othello. Les Antonietes

04/11/2018

Desdemona on wheels, yet worryingly submissive

per Alx Phillips

Compared with Gabriel Chamé Buendia’s extraordinary comic version of the Shakespeare tragedy last season, aside from its brevity and the initial appearance of Desdemona on roller skates, there was little to recommend Les Antonietes’ serious and straightforward reading of Othello. It, despite the claims on the promotional material, did little to place the play in a contemporary context. 

Centred on the top three characters – Othello, his wife Desdemona and servant Iago – just a few hints from the latter, centred on much word play on the one-letter difference between 'puta' (bitch or prostitute) and 'pura' (pure), were enough to completely unravel the Moor. This seemed much to Iago’s own surprise, although Othello offered little grandeur and authority as a political leader, let alone as a military might. 

Desdemona herself, a rather flat character in Shakespeare, was portrayed here as a fresh carefree beauty much younger than her husband; an innocent that deserved to be looked after, whose attempt to please Othello with a blowjob – something not included in the original play – offered a vision of modern woman that one hopes was ironic.