André Holland and Mark Rylance in New Season at Shakespeare’s Globe

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LONDON — Shakespeare’s Globe theater here announced that the “Moonlight” actor André Holland and the playhouse’s former artistic director Mark Rylance will star in a production of “Othello” in its new season.

Mr. Holland will play the lead role, starring alongside Mr. Rylance as Iago, at the open-air reconstruction of the 16th-century theater where Shakespeare’s works were performed during his lifetime.

Mr. Rylance was the founding artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe from 1996 to 2005. At the 2015 Academy Awards, he won best supporting actor for his part in Steven Spielberg’s “Bridge of Spies.” Mr. Holland played a supporting role in “Moonlight,” which won best picture at the Oscars in 2017; he also starred in “Selma.”

The new season opens at the Globe on April 25 with a production of “Hamlet.” Other plays in the season include “As You Like It,” “The Winter’s Tale,” “Love’s Labour’s Lost” and “The Two Noble Kinsmen.”

This season is the theater’s first with Michelle Terry as artistic director. She took up the position after Emma Rice announced she was stepping down in October 2017, following a clash with the institution’s board over her use of modern staging practices such as amplified sound and stylized lighting techniques.

The company is known for staging traditional productions of Shakespeare’s work that reflect 16th-century performance practices. Ms. Rice’s use of technology in classics such as “A Midsummer’s Night Dream” drew criticism both within the company and from critics.

In a statement at the time of Ms. Rice’s departure, Neil Constable, the Globe’s chief executive, said, “A predominant use of contemporary sound and lighting technology will not enable us to optimize further experimentation in our unique theater spaces.”

A spokeswoman from the Globe confirmed that the upcoming season will not feature modern staging techniques. There will be “no amplified sound” and the lighting will be “functional, not for effect.”

Ms. Terry comes to the helm of the Globe with an extensive background in acting, including a number of Shakespearean roles at the Globe. Her first season will also include an event series of performances, workshops and talks on censorship in the theater, as well as one on race and refugees in Shakespeare’s work.