The actor commands the stage in Tom Morris’s striking production of Shakespeare’s tragedy, while Rachel Zegler and Ben Platt unite for The Last Five Years
When David Harewood was offered the lead in Othello in a new West End production, he found he still knew his lines from almost 30 years earlier, when he became the first black actor to play the role at the National Theatre. Harewood brings profound depth to the part, alongside Toby Jones as Iago and Caitlin FitzGerald as Desdemona, in Tom Morris’s striking staging, now on Marquee TV. Harewood’s documentary on blackface, with observations on Othello, is on iPlayer.
This revival of George Bernard Shaw’s comical 1893 drama about morality and hypocrisy gains an extra frisson from its casting as Imelda Staunton and her daughter, Bessie Carter, share the stage for the first time. Carter is the Cambridge graduate who discovers that her mother, played by Staunton, has made a fortune from running brothels. On NT at Home.
The Oliviers returned to the BBC for the first time in more than 20 years, with Nick Mohammed hosting the ceremony in fine style. On iPlayer you can see performances including a triumphant number from Paddington: The Musical and a ridiculously entertaining opener from The Phantom of the Opera with Andrew Lloyd Webber himself on the Royal Albert Hall’s organ.
