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In 1930 Ashcroft was cast as Desdemona in a production of Othello at the Savoy Theatre, starring Paul Robeson in the title role. The production was not well received, but Ashcroft's notices were excellent.
Jun 21, 1996 · On a night out at the theatre, he saw her on stage - Miss Peggy Ashcroft, the programme read - only 22, but already a presence. He asked her to audition - a daunting prospect to one who, along...
Aug 2, 2019 · In 1943 Robeson became the first black American to play the title role on Broadway. (He'd already played it in London in 1930 opposite Peggy Ashcroft.)
Nov 20, 2014 · His prowess as an actor went equally far; not least, he played Othello with the young Peggy Ashcroft as Desdemona in 1930. When he took the role to Broadway some years later, it ran for...
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Apr 14, 2019 · Paul Robeson, the great American singer and actor, became the first black Othello in Shakespeare’s town in the twentieth century. Recently Professor Tony Howard spoke about Robeson’s Othellos to the Shakespeare Club in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Sep 3, 2003 · 1930 Paul Robeson and Peggy Ashcroft. 19 March 1930 saw Dame Edith Margaret Emily [Peggy] Ashcroft (1907–1991) playing Desdemona opposite Paul Leroy Robeson’s (1898–1976) Othello at the Savoy Theatre. The Daily Mirror announced the event with the headlines ‘Coloured man as Othello’ and ‘Negro Othello’, only a year earlier Robeson ...
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In 1930, the Black American actor Paul Robeson played opposite white British actress Peggy Ashcroft in the Savoy Theatre’s production of Othello.
