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Nov 30, 2018 · From the outset, Quarshie was never quite convinced of Othello’s ‘transformation from a man of reason, sound judgement, and nobility into an emotionally incontinent, insecure, homicidal obsessive in the space of a single scene’ 20; how the remarkable (black) man that was Othello could move from thinking (and feeling), ‘Excellent wretch ...
Jun 12, 2015 · Hugh Quarshie and Lucian Msamati in the RSC's Othello The days of Othello being played by a white actor blacking up are long gone. But when it comes to Iago, the casting has traditionally fallen ...
Iqbal Khan’s modernized production of Shakespeare’s Othello for the RSC stars Hugh Quarshie and Lucian Msamati. IMDb 8.0 2 h 59 min 2015. PG. Drama ...
Jan 24, 2024 · Originally released as motion picture in 1952. Performers: Orson Welles (Othello), Micheál Mac Liammóir (Iago), Robert Coote (Roderigo), Suzanne Cloutier (Desdemona), Hilton Edwards (Brabanito). Call Number: UCF Main Library DVD Collection - 3rd Floor -- PR2829.A23O84 2000. Originally produced in 1995.
Author: Hugh Quarshie Print Book , English , 1999 Publisher: Printed for the International Shakespeare Association [at] Clouds Hill Printers, Chipping Campden, 1999
Hugh Quarshie, a black actor he questions Shakespeare's intentions regarding race: is Othello's quick transition into insanity Shakespeare succumbing to Elizabethan conventions that Moors were a threat to society due to their tendency to violence? 'racist by omission, not commission'
Aug 15, 2023 · Hugh Quarshie, who played Othello in 2015 for the Royal Shakespeare Company, had wondered almost a decade before whether “[o]f all parts in the canon, perhaps Othello is the one which should most definitely not be played by a black actor.” In a lecture delivered at the University of Alabama Hudson Strode Theater, he argued that,