Langston Fishburne, playing the lead role Othello, left, performs a scene with Ernest Emmanuel Peeples as Iago during a tech rehearsal for Ohio Shakespeare Festival's "Othello" at Stan Hywet Hall ...

Shakespeare vaulted the structure to international fame by making Cyprus the scene of his tragedy’s denouement in which Othello kills his love Desdemona in a fit of jealous rage.

Laurence Fishburne and Gina Torres were married for 14 years before separating in the early fall of 2016.© Alberto E. Rodriguez, Getty Images Tragedy 'Othello' draws Langston Fishburne to Ohio ...

"Othello" is also his first outdoor Shakespeare show, staged next to the lagoon at Stan Hywet Hall and Garden. Before submitting an audition reel, Fishburne thought, "I'll throw my hat in the ring.

Othello, played by Langston Fishburne, top, looks over a brawl scene during a tech rehearsal for Othello at Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens ahead of the Ohio Shakespeare Festival, Tuesday, July 30 ...

Othello, played by Langston Fishburne, top, looks over a brawl scene during a tech rehearsal for Othello at Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens ahead of the Ohio Shakespeare Festival, Tuesday, July 30 ...