The Shakespeare Sessions | Looking For The Moor

Othello

Hugh Quarshie on Othello's blackness. Is the character coherent? Is the play racist?

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Othello | BBC Four | 2023

Hugh Quarshie Remembers... Othello

Hugh Quarshie looks back on his highly praised interpretation of Othello in the Royal Shakespeare Company's 2015 production, directed by Iqbal Khan.