Toby Jones is a gleefully malicious Iago in Othello

This starry, compelling Othello boasts David Harewood in the title role and Toby Jones – riding high after Mr Bates vs The ...

Othello, Theatre Royal Haymarket review – Toby Jones plays Shakespeare’s most notorious villain like a peevish middle manager

David Harewood reprises the titular role in a starry production that grants more power to the play’s women, but ultimately ...
Westword

Iago may be evil, but he’s also the most interesting thing about this Othello

Why is Iago so intent on destroying Othello? Iago himself gives two reasons: He’s been passed over for promotion, and he believes Othello has slept with Emilia, the wife whom Iago treats with brutal ...
WhatsOnStage

Othello starring David Harewood, Toby Jones and Caitlin FitzGerald – West End review

In 1997, David Harewood was – shamingly, given the lateness of the date – the first Black actor to play Othello at the ...
The Denver Post

Iago’s malevolence a character all unto its own

There is a popular Internet video series going around called “Sassy Gay Friend” that shows how none of Shakespeare’s tragic heroines would have died if only they had an intervening, well, sassy gay ...
NPR

He Murdered His Friends, Now 'Iago' Moves On

Shakespeare's Iago is one of the great defining villains of literature. He masquerades as a friend, which disguises his schemes to manipulate, betray and destroy. Host Scott Simon talks with author ...