Othello Off-Broadway Original Cast

plot to drive his general, Othello, insane. Tucker’s directorial inventiveness made the whole show a delight, but I was struck most by Susannah Millonzi, when she was playing Iago’s wife, Emilia. Late in the show, as Emilia and Desdemona (Susannah Hoffman) discussed their (femicidal) husbands, Millonzi spat out an embittered monologue about men’s hatred of women. Her pitch-dark fury upended my perception of Shakespeare’s tragedy. Over the centuries, much time has been spent puzzling out Iago’s motives, but why do we bother? Emilia is clear — in her eyes, allmen are vicious.