Act V Scene I

Act V Scene 1

(Iago convinces Roderigo to kill Cassio).
(Iago calls Roderigo and Cassio to meet him in Central Park ; Roderigo at 9:30, Cassio at 10:00).
(Conversation between Iago and Roderigo).

Iago- Glad to see you can come on such short notice.

Roderigo- What’s all this about?

Iago- You know as much as I do; How Cassio is making Othello’s life miserable.
Roderigo- I could just imagine how Othello is feeling.
Iago- I would hate to see him be made into a fool.
Roderigo- We have to do something about it.
-Rustling behind the trees-
Iago- Did you hear that.
Roderigo- Yeah, it came from behind those trees.
(Enter Cassio from behind the trees).
Roderigo- What is he doing here?
Iago- I don’t know, he must have followed us.
Cassio- What the hell have you been smoking, you told me to be here at 10:00

Roderigo- I’m glad you’re here, now we can talk man to man.
(As Cassio and Roderigo are talking, Iago slips away discreetly handing Roderigo a dagger).
Roderigo- What sort of satisfaction do you get out of making Othello’s life miserable?
Cassio- What are you talking about?

Roderigo- You and Desdemona.
Cassio- Me and Desdemona?
Roderigo- Don’t try to act like you’re innocent, be a man! This is tearing Othello apart.
(Roderigo, fustrated, pulls out the knife that Iago gave him).
Cassio- What are you doing? Have you lost your mind?
(Roderigo and Cassio start to fight while Iago is looking from behind a bush. Roderigo stabs Cassio and he fall to the ground. Iago then comes from behind the bushes and stabs Cassio on the back of the leg).

Iago- He had it coming.
Roderigo- He deserved a brutal death for doing this to Othello.
Iago- Let’s got tell Othello it’s done.
(Iago and Roderigo leave to go find Othello).


Iago- Othello, I bring news about Cassio. Rodrigo and I have just made sure he doesn’t interfere with your marriage.
Othello- Really, but how??

Iago- Well, we set him up to come and join us at the park. Rodrigo confronted him and they got into a fight. Cassio is dead but Rodrigo was left badly wounded by Cassio. Come see for yourself.
(Othello and Iago go to the scene of the crime)
Othello (yells)- Good Lord, he is dead! Cassio is dead! Now I must go and deal with Desdemona. She will pay for her affair.


End of Scene 1