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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Kaufmann's Otello at the Royal Opera House
Jonas Kaufmann makes his role debut in a new production of Otello. Sir Antonio Pappano conducts Verdi's masterpiece, based on Shakespeare's tragedy.
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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.