Give Me a Breathing Reason

Synopsis: Audio podcast. Episode four of a radio serialisation of Shakespeare’s Othello. Episode scripts were adapted and produced by Catherine Eaton and rendered into modern English verse by Mfoniso Udofia. The production was directed by Victor Malana Moag. Part of the ‘Play On Shakespeare’ project to create more contemporary and accessible versions of the texts for performance.

4. Iago works Othello into a frenzy of jealousy when he gets hold of a cherished handkerchief that Othello had given to Desdemona as a token of his love.
Series: Play on Podcasts: Othello
Language: English
Country: United States
Medium: Audio
Transmission details: 2 Oct 2023
Duration: 36 mins

Director

Victor Malana Maog

Producer

Catherine Eaton

Music

Lindsay Jones

Sound Design

Lindsay Jones

Adaptor for Radio

Mfoniso Udofia

Executive Producer

Michael Goodfriend

Cast

Notes: Udofia’s adaptation, first performed in 2021, updates the language in various ways. Among the changes in her version see the the substitution of ‘moor’ throughout, replacing it with such words as ‘black,' ‘monkey’ and others.

Online URL: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/othello-give-me-a-breathing-reason/id1561429994?i=1000629909609
Online format: Streamed/Download

Shakespeare, "Give Me a Breathing Reason". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av80287 (Accessed 19 Sep 2024)

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