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 ...

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 ...