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Why Is Othello Black?

Why Is Othello Black?

By Isaac Butler for Slate, 11 November 2015 Is Othello black? With the news that David Oyelowo will play Othello opposite Daniel Craig’s Iago and that the Metropolitan Opera is finally discontinuingthe practice of blackface in productions of Otello, we may see a revival of thisoft-asked question. What people mean when they ask if Othello is black is: What did Shakespeare mean when he called Othello black? Would we […]

November 15, 2015 · 0 comments · Uncategorized
David Oyelowo and Daniel Craig to star in Othello

David Oyelowo and Daniel Craig to star in Othello

David Oyelowo and Daniel Craig to star in <i>Othello</i> Staff writers for BBC, 19 October 2015 British stars David Oyelowo and Daniel Craig are to star together in an Off Broadway production of Shakespeare’s Othello next autumn. The James Bond actor will star as Iago in the play staged by the New York Theater Workshop (NYTW), with Selma actor Oyelowo […]

November 1, 2015 · 0 comments · Theaters