Shakespeare: Othello

Shakespeare’s Othello deals with themes of race and jealousy.

Here’s a side-by-side version of the original version (Shakespearean English) and a modern translation: Othello Translation | Shakescleare, by LitCharts

Here’s a recording of the play, with Paul Robeson as Othello: Othello, Act I, Scene 1: Venice. A Street “Tush! never tell me” (2024 Remastered Version)

Here’s an interview of Robeson, who was the first Black man to play the role of Othello in an American theater: Paul Robeson discusses Othello

Here’s a video by a man who believes that the actual author of the Shakespeare plays, including Othello, was a Jewish woman from a family that was described as “black” in contemporary records: John Hudson Introduces The Dark Lady Discovery