Breaking Character: Connie is not the most important character to Lolita Chakrabarti, a well-known British actress and the author of Red Velvet. The play was produced in London at the Tricycle Theatre in 2012, at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn in 2014, and during the opening season of the Branagh Theatre Company in London in 2015. In response to its first production, the play received several awards, and was nominated for an Olivier.
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I found this article fascinating because it brings up the issue of how theater has changed throughout history. Even though, I don’t know Othello very well, I think it is interesting to think about the many different ways a Shakespeare play has been performed. Often I think of Shakespeare plays as timeless and constant, but that’s not true at all. This article brings up controversy in terms of representation on stage, different acting styles throughout history, and how a single play can have different implications depending on the time and place that it is produced. Even though Red Velvet play is set in 1833, we still struggle with many of these issues today. That is interesting in terms of a dramaturgical perspective, but also as a designer and thinking about how the implications of a design can change the play’s meaning.
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