"Chaos is come again"

Last weekend, I saw Atlas Shakespeare Company 's production of Othello , starring William Oliver Watkins in the title role. Watkins was one of the actors I worked with when developing my adaptation of Moby-Dick , and he does a wonderful job as Othello, an authority figure who inspires awe in all who meet him. His undoing, of course, is Iago, played by Clayton Hamburg. He and Watkins had great…