Catch My Soul (UK stage version)

Jack Good's Catch My Soul Rock Othello (UK stage version)
with the rock band Gass
Music	Ray Pohlman Emil Dean Zoghby
Lyrics	Jack Good
Book	William Shakespeare
Basis	Othello
Productions	The Prince of Wales Theatre, The Roundhouse, Manchester, Oxford, Birmingham

Disambiguation: for Film version see Catch My Soul

Catch My Soul is the UK stage version of the rock musical produced by Jack Good. The show was a showcase for the talents of Lance LeGault, P. P. Arnold, P.J. Proby and an introduction to the rock musician Robert Tench and the band Gass. It was loosely adapted from Shakespeare's Othello and the character of Iago had originally been played by Jerry Lee Lewis in the US production which had closed in 1968.

The first UK stage performance was at the University Theatre Manchester by the 69 Theatre Company with Angharad Rees as Desdemona. The London stage version opened at The Roundhouse in 1969 and moved to the Prince of Wales Theatre in the West End in 1970. The show also toured larger UK cities and closed in January 1972. The original UK cast recorded Catch My Soul (1971), with music as interpreted by Gass, the show's backing band at that time. A film, Catch My Soul, was released in 1974 with a different cast.

Jack Good's Catch My Soul is based on William Shakespeare's play Othello and set in a commune. Good's musical contained many of the human elements of Shakespeare's original work. The characters names were kept as in the original play, but there were deviations from the plot which Shakespeare wrote. This approach alienated many critics, but was a success with the public.

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