Othello actor Te Kohe Tuhaka in the title role, Jasmine Blackborow as Desdemona and Haakon Smestad as Iago. The production transferred to Melbourne, Australia with another Maori actor, Regan Taylor, taking over the title role. In September 2013, a Tamil adaptation entitled "Othello, the Fall of a Warrior" was directed and produced in Singapore by Subramanian Ganesh. Othello as a literary character has appeared in many representations within popular culture over several centuries. There also have been over a dozen film adaptations of "Othello". Othello Othello ("The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice)" is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed
Othello (1965 British film) contained more of the play than the film did). Derek Jacobi (Cassio) and Michael Gambon both made their film debuts in "Othello", while Edward Hardwicke would go on to work with the National for seven years. The film of "Othello" used enlarged duplicates of the original stage settings, rather than having elaborate new sets built. Olivier's former backers for his Shakespeare films were all deceased by 1965, and he was unable to raise the money to do a film version on location or on elaborate sets. Nearly a decade earlier, Olivier had been attempting to find financial backing for his