Othello and Iago, a Marriage Made in Both Heaven and Hell
Because Shakespeare gave his hero and antihero equal weight, the contest between the actors playing them has never been that ...
Denzel Washington Has ‘Absolutely' Been in Talks for an ‘Othello' Film Adaptation
Kenny Leon, who directs Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal in the history-making Broadway, teased that a movie version may be in ...
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'Star Wars' actor Billy Dee Williams says blackface should be allowed, and that he 'loved' one of its most notorious uses
He also applauded a now-controversial performance by Laurence Olivier, who in 1965 used blackface to play the title role in Shakespeare's "Othello." Williams is best known for playing the charming ...
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Drama GCSE: An introduction to the National Theatre
Why did a white actor, Laurence Olivier, play the part of Othello? Could that still happen today? How Mary Shelley’s 'Frankenstein' was adapted for the stage by the National Theatre in 2011 ...