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Othello is a 1965 film based on the National Theatre Company's staging of Shakespeare's Othello (1964-1966) staged by John Dexter. Directed by Stuart Burge , the film stars Laurence Olivier , Maggie Smith , Joyce Redman , and Frank Finlay , who all received Oscar nominations, and provided film debuts for both Derek Jacobi and Michael Gambon .
Oct 20, 2021 · Entertainment & Arts. Commentary: Must Laurence Olivier’s blackface Othello be banned? I showed the film and wasn’t canceled. Three actors who have played Shakespeare’s Othello, from...
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Othello: Directed by Stuart Burge. With Robert Lang, Frank Finlay, Anthony Nicholls, Laurence Olivier. General Othello's marriage is destroyed when vengeful Ensign Iago convinces him that his new wife has been unfaithful.
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When a secret marriage is planned between Othello (Laurence Olivier), a Moorish general, and Desdemona (Maggie Smith), the daughter of Senator Brabantio (Anthony Nicholls), her old suitor...
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Jan 29, 2023 · In a brilliant and justifiably controversial adaptation of Shakespeare’s Othello, Laurence Olivier portrays the Bard’s Moor as an exceedingly confident and bombastic elder general –often erratic, bordering on apoplectic, yet he is immensely believable, even if not particularly moving.