Raising the Bar | 100 Years of Black British Theatre and Screen: Othello Across the Ages
Othello
Lenny Henry traces a century of black British theatre and screen, and looks at the complex stage history of Shakespeare's Moor.
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Content
- Type: Factual, Plays
- Channel: BBC Radio 4
- Duration: 15'00''
- Broadcast date: 2015
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UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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- Shakespeare Archive Resource
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