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Question 1

Who were the two actors in the film

Answer 1

Kenneth Branagh - Iago

Lawrence Fishburn - Othello

Question 2

Given a critical quote Iago in the film

Answer 2

“Branagh plays an accessible, alarmingly human Iago to Fishburne’s voluptuous Moor”

Question 3

Given a critical quote about Iago in the Liverpool Everyman’s play

Answer 3

“Brennan’s Iago is vital to the mechanics and twisted heart of the play” - Robin Brown

Question 4

Given a critical quote about Othello and Desdemona in Liverpool Everyman adaptation

Answer 4

When the union between the two remaches it’s terrible conclusion it’s genuinely hard to watch” - Robin Brown

Question 5

Name a key critical quote about Iago

Answer 5

“Iago is Shakespeare’s ultimate bad guy” - D. Smith

Question 6

Name a critical quote about ‘honest’

Answer 6

“‘Honest’ is used 52 times”

Question 7

Name a critical quote about Iago’s manipulative nature

Answer 7

“Iago is a seductive character who is able to get the audience to collude with him” - E. J. Honigmann

Question 8

Give a critical quote about Desdemona

Answer 8

“Desdemona dies a whores death for all her innocence” - Jarvis Scott