Ayanna Thompson on OTHELLO

Name: Ayanna Thompson on OTHELLO
Uploaded: 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z
Duration: 21 min 16 s
Description: The question of race is central to OTHELLO. In this interview, filmed in 2017, George Washington University professor Ayanna Thompson, author of “Passing Strange: Shakespeare, Race and Contemporary America,” discusses the complicated history of white actors portraying Othello the Moor.

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The question of race is central to OTHELLO. In this interview, filmed in 2017, George Washington University professor Ayanna Thompson, author of “Passing Strange: Shakespeare, Race and Contemporary America,” discusses the complicated history of white actors portraying Othello the Moor.

Othello
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