Masterpiece Playhouse Othello (Season 1, Episode 6)
TV Episode | Drama

Masterpiece Playhouse

Othello (Season 1, Episode 6)

TV Episode | Drama

The Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.

Director

Delbert Mann

Writers

William Shakespeare (play) | Stephen de Baun (adaptation)

Producer

Fred Coe

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Updated Aug 27, 1950

Release date

Aug 27, 1950 (United States)

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8 cast members

Name	Known for
Torin Thatcher Othello Othello See fewer	Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Edward Cullen Actor (as Edward F. Cullen) Actor (as Edward F. Cullen) See fewer	From Generation to Generation (1959)
Olive Deering Desdemona Desdemona See fewer	The Ten Commandments (1956)
Muriel Hutchison Actress Actress See fewer	The Women (1939)
George Keane Actor Actor See fewer	Actor's Studio (1948)
Alfred Ryder Iago Iago See fewer	True Grit (1969)
John Seymour Actor Actor See fewer	I Spy (1955)
Alan Shayne Actor Actor See fewer	All the President's Men (1976)