I found not Cassio's
kisses on her lips
He that is robbed
not wanting what is stolen,
let him not know it and
he's not robbed at all
You treat every classic
like a new play
and you treat every
new play like a classic
and so we start from a place
of trying to access who those
characters are for the first time
Dost thou in conscience
think—tell me, Emilia—
That there be women do abuse
their husbands in such gross kind?
There be some
such, no question
Wouldst thou do such
a deed for all the world?
Why would not you?
So I think we're really interested 
in having a production
that is not so much set in a
particular time or context
but which is really focusing on
these amazing relationships
By heaven, I do
not, gentlemen.
The Arts Show is one of the biggest
shows on the Cambridge calendar
because it gives the opportunity for
students to work with a professional
director and professional production
team as well as perform in a
professional theatre and also the idea
is that we invite agents so it's an
opportunity to essentially showcase
yourself as you would do at a
drama school before you
graduate from university
But I do think it is thou husband's
faults, if wives do fall.
Why then Othello and Desdemona
return again to Venice?
Basically rehearsals are
like 10 till 6 every day
which I think is
slightly different to how
plays normally work
Cambridge theatre
I think everyone becomes
even closer because of it
I think the way that this
production has worked
I think the way that John works
is that he works in drafts
so you'll do basically a draft
of the whole play essentially
we block the play quite quickly
within the first two weeks
and then you go back
you do more drafts
and you like put
details in and stuff
10 till 6 every day is
like a full-time job
so it feels like you're
being an actor
whereas in other
student productions
you're doing a degree
and you're running
around the place
coincidentally
doing the play
whereas this is
first and foremost
Signior it is the Moor
You, Roderigo! Come,
sir, I am for you
In a student production, you're
doing it in week 5, it's week 1
you'll get this, learn your
lines, off you go
whereas because you
have so much time
we had the chance to really
look at all the monologues
soliloquies, the scenes, like
what does that word mean?
Because Shakespeare's
mad sometimes
If sanctimony and
a frail vow betwixt an
erring barbarian and a
supersubtle Venetian
be not too hard for my wits
and all the tribes of hell
thou shalt enjoy her
Therefore put
money in thy purse!
A pox of
drowning thyself!
I need a dictionary for that
Yeah!
If it's a student production
we just pretend we know
mandragora means
Yeah
We're like: 'can you just get
the Arden edition please?'
Yeah, so true
Ah and ooohhh then I
can deliver it nicer
I know a lady in Venice that
would walk barefoot to Palestine
for a touch of his nether lip!
So we're very lucky with
the Marlowe Society
that we have such an
extensive list of alumni
so this year we were very
lucky that Ian McKellan
when he came and did
his tour to Cambridge
donated parts of his profit
towards the Arts Show
and so we are directly very
thankful to Ian McKellen
for the Arts Show
being put on this year
I wanted to get
involved because
I was a student
about 7 or 8 years ago
I was on the Marlowe committee
and directed two shows
and that was a really formative part
of my experience at Cambridge
I think Cambridge is just
such a breeding ground for
drama and theatre anyway
but it was really alumni coming
back and talking to us
about their experiences of the
industry that made it feel possible
Tying her duty
DUTY!
Beauty
BEAUTY!
Wit and fortunes
in an extravagant
and wheeling stranger of
here and everywhere
Everywhereeeeee....
[background laughter]
Yeah, okay cool, let's keep that,
I think that's really nice, good
So shall I learn
those lines?
Yes please
