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Hugh Quarshie: Othello at last
Hugh Quarshie In 2015 Hugh Quarshie will at last be taking on the role of Othello. It’s been a long wait: having played a whole series of Shakespeare’s characters in the 1980s and 1990s, from the...
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Shakespeare onstage 2015
Benedict Cumberbatch In the last couple of weeks lots of announcements for Shakespeare productions in the UK in 2015 have been made, and booking opened. This post contains links to just some of what’s...
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Hugh Quarshie looking for the Moor
Hugh Quarshie as Othello I wrote last October about the news that the distinguished actor Hugh Quarshie was to take on the role of Othello, with another black actor, Lucian Msamati, playing Iago. The...
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Talking about race again: playing Iago
Hugh Quarshie and Lucian Msamati When Hugh Quarshie’s taking of the role of Othello was first announced, it was this casting that drew the media attention. He had, some decades ago, apparently burned...
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