Not a Regie quiz, but worthy of note for the “what were they thinking” factor. Here’s a production of Otello directed by the usually visually acute Paul Curran. So why was costumer Paul Edwards allowed to get up the principal artists like they’re en route to a Cypriot fancy dress party? From left to right, we have Desdemona as Helen Mirren in Caligula; Roderigo as the young Vanessa Redgrave, and of course poor Emilia, who couldn’t quite make up her mind between Wowkle and Brangäne.

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