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Shakespeare Uncovered
Othello with David Harewood
Season 2
Episode 4
Astonishingly, David Harewood was the first black actor to play the great Moorish Venetian general Othello at London’s National Theatre, triumphantly taking on the role—but not until 1997. Now he returns to the play to discover how the centuries have changed our views of it.
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