Race-ing with the Times: Theatrical Exigency and Performative Politics in Trevor Nunn’s Othello (1989)

An almost beat-by-beat re-viewing and re-reading of the temptation scene in Trevor Nunn’s 1989 National Theatre production of Othello registered a need to query whether the director’s decision to cast a (black) opera singer rather than a (Shakespearean) actor in the demanding role of Othe...

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Main Author: Fischer, Susan L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Alicante 2012-11-01
Series:Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses
Online Access:https://raei.ua.es/article/view/2012-n25-race-ing-with-the-times-theatrical-exigency-and-performative-politics-in-trevor-nunns-othello-1989