DAVID OYELOWO & DANIEL CRAIG SET TO STAR IN UPCOMING BROADWAY PRODUCTION

Nigeria's David Oyelowo And Daniel Craig Are Set To Star In Off Broadway Production Of Shakespeare’s Othello .

Both actors are better known for their work in movies, but would turn their considerable talents to the stage when the production is put on in Autumn 2016.

The play, to be staged by the New York Theater Workshop (NYTW), would star the Selma alum as title character Othello. Craig, set to star in the next James Bond installment ‘Spectre’; would play Othello’s tormentor Iago.

The play is set to be directed by Sam Gold, who won a Tony this year for 'Fun Home'.