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In the Driftway
May 21, 1930 issue

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This article presents the author's views on staging of the theatrical play "Othello" to be performed in London. Othello is one of the finest acting parts in the theater; and Paul Robeson is one of the most moving, dramatic, and powerful of modern actors, with a magnificent voice and physique. Moreover, he is black skinned. The Moor of Venice was probably lighter in color; but to have the part played by a Negro is eminently right and just. there will be fewer persons in London than there would be in America to gasp at sight of a pale white Desdemona being smothered by a black Moor.

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THEATER -- Production & direction; OTHELLO (Theatrical production); STAGE actors & actresses; PERFORMING arts; ACTORS, Black; AFRICAN American artists
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