Best Actor (Evening Standard Awards) for A Season in the Congo, Best Actor (Evening Standard Awards) for Othello, Best Actor (Olivier Awards) for Othello , Best Supporting Actor (Olivier Awards ...
He also applauded a now-controversial performance by Laurence Olivier, who in 1965 used blackface to play the title role in ...
An hour into an episode of Bill Maher's "Club Random" podcast, the 87-year-old star reflected on British actor Laurence Olivier's controversial turn as "Othello" in 1965. In the film adaptation of ...
Othello is also a set text on the post-2015 ... We see archive footage of founder Sir Laurence Olivier, explaining what he wanted it to achieve. Making Shakespeare Contemporary.
Why did a white actor, Laurence Olivier, play the part of Othello? Could that still happen today? How Mary Shelley’s 'Frankenstein' was adapted for the stage by the National Theatre in 2011 ...