SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Live video recording of Blue Mountain Theatre Company’s production of Floyd Kmight’s play The Perfect Black Man? Charles Tomlin is Othello and Rob Carroll is Iago.`When another woman makes a play for your man - how low would you be willing to go to keep him, especially when that man is Othello Le Moor, known to the black community as The Perfect Blackman? With his high profile political career and a devoted new wife he is the envy of all. But factor in an unscrupulous son, a bitter best friend & a malevolent EX wife and the equation becomes very ugly’. {From Blue Theatre Company’s website].

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Year of release

2004

Credits

Writer

Floyd Knight

Cast

Charles Tomlin	Othello Le Moor (Othello)
Rob Carroll	Iago
Ricky Rowe
Terri Salmon

Additional Details

Theatre company

Blue Mountain Theatre

Production type

Stage Recordings

Plays

Othello

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Black actors

Notes

General

Blue Mountain Theatre is a theatre company created in London in 1989 to provide theatre pieces for black British audiences. Influenced by the thriving theatrical community in Jamaica, the group attempts to perform pieces that would serves as a social event rather than what they viewed as traditional elitist audiences.

Archive

Name

British Library Sound Archive

Email

listening@bl.uk

Web

http://www.bl.uk/nsa External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7412 7676

Fax

020 7412 7441

Address

96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB

Distributor (Sale)

Name

Blue Mountain Theatre

Web

http://www.bluemountaintheatre.com External site opens in new window

Phone

+44 (0) 20 8285 1874

Address

PO Box 50089
Catford
London
SE6 9BY