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The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 8.1125.  Sunday, 9 November 1997.

[1]     From:   Ed Peschko <epeschko@elmer.tci.com>
        Date:   Friday, 7 Nov 1997 13:14:53 -0700 (MST)
        Subj:   Re: SHK 8.1121  Re: R3/Iago

[2]     From:   Shaula Evans <sevans@silk.net>
        Date:   Saturday, 8 Nov 1997 23:56:21 -0800 (PST)
        Subj:   Iago/R3


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From:           Ed Peschko <epeschko@elmer.tci.com>
Date:           Friday, 7 Nov 1997 13:14:53 -0700 (MST)
Subject: 8.1121  Re: R3/Iago
Comment:        Re: SHK 8.1121  Re: R3/Iago

> One thing Richard has going for his villainy is power of the very real
> kind which surely gives him an edge.  As for Iago being surrounded by
> gullible people, I think our view of them is colored by the way Iago is
> typically portrayed on stage.  In every production I have seen over many
> years, he was clearly a character the average person would not trust
> farther than the cliché suggests he/she could throw him.

That's a real pity, by the way - if I were playing the part of Iago, I'd
play him with a bit of coolness; much like a political advisor or Civil
Servant.  I would feign sympathy for Othello, and make sure that he knew
that I felt 'deeply sorry' about his loss and the betrayal of his wife.

Has Iago been played this way in any production people have seen?

Ed

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From:           Shaula Evans <sevans@silk.net>
Date:           Saturday, 8 Nov 1997 23:56:21 -0800 (PST)
Subject:        Iago/R3

Tanya Gough writes:

<< Thus I pose the following question to all you 3 am philosophers:
which is worse, to corrupt people who trust you, or to force people who
hate you to find you irresistible? >>

Doesn't this hypothetical dilemma require a context?  I mean, if not,
then every political, retail worker, and graduate of a Dale Carnegie
course is evil according to the second half of your question...

Seriously, though, my acontextual answer would have to be that betraying
a trust is absolutely evil, while exercising charisma may or may not be
evil, depending on the intention and outcome.

Shaula

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