The Bard stuff: actors reveal their favourite Shakespeare character

To mark the Stratford playwright’s birthday, Ophelia Lovibond, Paapa Essiedu, Jade Anouka, Roger Allam and John Kani discuss the roles they love best

The great thing about Shakespeare is that he gives you so many challenges and problems to solve. Iago is fascinating. He convinces Othello – the man who is his boss and who thinks they’re best friends – that his wife has slept with someone else, and drives Othello mad with jealousy. And it’s really not clear why he does it. Iago has these soliloquies addressed to the audience where he offers any number of reasons – that he’s been passed over for promotion, that he needs the money, that his own wife has been unfaithful and he’s out for revenge. Is he pure evil? Is he jealous? None of it adds up.

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2XHwdP5