David Harewood stars in new West End production of Othello

The best theatre to stream this month: David Harewood has unfinished business with Othello

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 M...

By Chris Wiegand