Paul Robeson's Othello at the Savoy Theatre, 1930
@article{Morrison2011PaulRO, title={Paul Robeson's Othello at the Savoy Theatre, 1930}, author={Michael A. Morrison}, journal={New Theatre Quarterly}, year={2011}, volume={27}, pages={114 - 140} }
Paul Robeson's Othello, first seen in London during the season of 1929–30, stands as a high-water mark of twentieth-century Shakespearean interpretation. Robeson was the first actor of African descent to appear in an extended-run Shakespearean production at a leading West End venue (Ira Aldridge, whose last London appearance came sixty-five years earlier, had made only three brief appearances at major London theatres). Here, Michael A. Morrison examines the circumstances surrounding Robeson's…
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- Linguistics, Art
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