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EXCLUSIVE: David Harewood‘s (Homeland) Othello reprise connected nan West End will motorboat connected arts-focused world streamer Marquee TV adjacent month.
The landmark accumulation astatine nan Theatre Royal Haymarket successful London, which began precocious past year, saw Harewood reprise his groundbreaking capacity arsenic Othello. It besides stars Toby Jones (Mr Bates vs nan Post Office), Caitlin Fitzgerald (Succession) and Luke Treadaway (A Street Cat Named Bob). It will debut connected Marquee TV connected May 1 successful nan U.S., UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Korea.
Harewood became nan first Black character to play Othello astir 30 years agone successful 1997, and his historical reprisal was among nan biggest stories successful theater past year. Even though Shakespeare’s play was written for a Black lead, for hundreds of years board had formed achromatic performers successful blackface. “I was trying to de-blackface nan full character,” said Harewood.
In nan Theatre Royal Haymarket performance, Jones stars arsenic Iago, Fitzgerald arsenic Amelia successful her West End debut and Treadaway arsenic Cassio. Tom Morris is nan nonstop and euphony comes from PJ Harvey.
Cecilia Bacon, VP of Content & Engagement astatine Marquee TV, said: “This is simply a awesome infinitesimal for bringing world-class theatre to streaming audiences astatine scale. David Harewood’s return to Othello is some historically important and artistically powerful, and we’re proud to present this accumulation to U.S. viewers arsenic portion of our increasing slate.”
Marquee TV, which has been described arsenic a ‘Netflix for nan arts,’ negotiated nan woody pinch Trafalgar Releasing, which was represented successful negotiations by Charlie Hinshelwood. The Othello woody is being framed arsenic portion of a broader strategy to bring high-end theatrical performances to world streaming.
Edward Humphrey, CEO of Marquee TV, added: “We’re seeing beardown momentum successful our world subscriber maturation arsenic audiences progressively activity high-quality taste contented connected demand. Expanding our premium theatre offering pinch landmark productions for illustration Othello is simply a cardinal portion of our strategy to standard nan business internationally and deepen engagement pinch some caller and existing viewers.”
