Shakespeare: Love Across the Racial Divide | 1: Othello
Othello
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown examines the powerful drama of a marriage between the Moor Othello and the Venetian lady Desdemona.
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Saturday Drama | Othello
Lenny Henry reprises his role as the Moor of Venice in a radio adaptation of Northern Broadsides theatre companys production of Shakespeares tragedy.
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Raising the Bar: 100 Years of Black British Theatre and Screen | Othello Across the Ages
Lenny Henry traces a century of black British theatre and screen, and looks at the complex stage history of Shakespeare's Moor.