Last night the actors worked on the temptation scene, the tremendous central scene of the play. Here's some of what they said afterwards about how it felt to play the scene: terrifying and compelling . . . I can't believe I'm doing what I'm doing in this scene . . . it feels like I'm going through a whole play compressed into about 10 minutes, beginning with Othello in love with Desdemona and ending with his plan to murder her . . . an emotional roller-coaster and once you step onto it you can't get off . . . you can't believe it's happening but at the same time the psychological accuracy is so acute that you feel, yes, this is the way people ARE.
Joyce Van Dyke
Dramaturg
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