Tristan is two Otellos in one evening !

James King in conversation with Bruce Duffie

James King as Otello © Ilse Buhs

What is your heritage?

Irish and German.  My mother was German and my father Irish.  It’s a good combination, I think.  My father was really the poet of the two, and my mother was the strict disciplinarian, orderly.  Both were effective in my upbringing.  My father was very conscientious about doing the right things, being…