“Of all the parts of the
canon, perhaps Othello is
the one which should most
definitely not be played by a
black actor, wrote the
British-Ghanaian actor Hugh
Quarshie in a lecture
published in 1998. Doing so
risked legitimising – in fact
condoning – the racist
stereotype of a black man
who loses his wits, than
resorts to killing his wife in a
fit of crazed jealousy,
Quarshie argues.”
To what extent do you
agree?
canon, perhaps Othello is
the one which should most
definitely not be played by a
black actor, wrote the
British-Ghanaian actor Hugh
Quarshie in a lecture
published in 1998. Doing so
risked legitimising – in fact
condoning – the racist
stereotype of a black man
who loses his wits, than
resorts to killing his wife in a
fit of crazed jealousy,
Quarshie argues.”
To what extent do you
agree?
