Playing Juliet/Casting Othello
Caleen Sinnette Jennings
8 Hotels
by Nicholas Wright
Synopsis
Celebrated actor, singer and political campaigner Paul Robeson is touring the United States of America as Othello.
His Desdemona is the brilliant young actress Uta Hagen.
Her husband, the Broadway star José Ferrer, plays Iago.
The actors are all friends, but they are not all equals.
As the tour progresses, onstage passions and offstage lives begin to blur.
Revenge takes many forms and in post-war America it isn't always purely personal – it can be disturbingly political too.
Based on true events, Nicholas Wright's play 8 Hotels was first staged at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester, in 2019, in a production directed by Richard Eyre.
Publication
Publisher Nick Hern Books
Year 2019
Pages 96
Language English
ISBN-13 9781848428553
ISBN-10 1848428553
eISBN-13 9781788502504
LCC PR6073.R529
8 Hotels is a British historical play written by Nicholas Wright and published by Nick Hern Books (2019).
Digital editions available on Amazon Kindle, Apple Books (eISBN 9781788502504).
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