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May 11 2007

Chiwetel Ejiofor to play Othello. He'll join Ewan McGregor in the Donmar Warehouse production in London from November 29 to February 23.

[ edited by zeitgeist -to add period to the end of link title- on 2007-05-11 15:55 ]

lisaspo | Cast&Crew | 18:03 CET | 18 comments total | tags: chiwetel ejiofor

Oh, kickASS. My bestest friend & her husband just moved to London with my goddaughter, and I kept telling them that we'd time our visit for some great London theatre. Here we come...

barest_smidgen | May 11, 18:56 CET

That's going to ROCK. We are SO there...

zeitgeist | May 11, 18:57 CET

This is a great casting combination, and makes me want to seem them together on film as well.

chickenbird | May 11, 18:57 CET

Fantastic - definitely there.

Mehitabel | May 11, 18:57 CET

I'm envious!

Chris inVirginia | May 11, 19:22 CET

Whoa. Damn. Nice cast.

Craig Oxbrow | May 11, 19:38 CET

This is when I am jealous of people living in London. I would love to see this pairing.

madmolly | May 11, 19:56 CET

I am so asking for one of those random cheap flights to England for Christmas. That would be amazing to see!

mifeng | May 11, 20:02 CET

Oh, I want this to come to New York!!!

barboo | May 11, 20:34 CET

This amuses me, because when a group of us went to see Chiwetel in The Seagull, Ewan McGregor had been to see it that night too!

RachVG | May 11, 21:06 CET

I can't say it any better than you, Craig Oxbrow:
Whoa. Damn. Nice cast.

Oh how I WISH I could see this!!!

SaltyGoodness | May 11, 21:43 CET

I'm pining on toes. Guys, take some shots and share in the gray. Pretty please!

Madhatter | May 11, 23:14 CET

Great casting, great venue - and it says something very positive about where his reputation is going! Now if only they'd cast Marsters or Denisov as Iago instead of this McGregor guy...

Gill | May 11, 23:39 CET

It's a good thing the Whedeonesque news story mentions that the theatre's in London. That's more than the linked story did, which just assumes that everyone knows where the Donmar is. *rolleyes*

krad | May 11, 23:52 CET

Yeah, I actually had to go search for where it was to check because I had *no* clue!

Of course, I was hoping hoping hoping it was some hip New York theater I just hadn't heard of, but, no such luck. ;)

lisaspo | May 12, 01:07 CET

This. Just. Rocks. :-D

Curse you, lack of money, etc., but I hope all our UK peeps get to see this. It should be amazing! :-)

billz | May 12, 05:11 CET

There is a precident here. Frost/Nixon opened at the Donmar, then moved to the West End and then Broadway. So it could end up in the US...

(And it's going to be a movie)

zz9 | May 12, 05:48 CET

I think this might be the best casting of the play I've ever seen. And I'm not just saying that cos he was in Serenity. They're both absolutely right.

(NB: I'm assuming Chiwetel is playing Othello and McGregor Iago)

:)

ZodKneelsFirst | May 14, 12:20 CET

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