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- Title
Two Actors on Shakespeare, Race, and Performance: A Conversation between Harry J. Lennix and Laurence Fishburne.
- Authors
Thompson, Ayanna
- Abstract
The article features a conversation between African American actors Harry J. Lennix and Laurence Fishburne about William Shakespeare, race and performance. It notes that Fishburne played Othello in the 1995 film directed by Oliver Parker, while Lennix played Aaron the Moor in Julie Taymor's "Titus" in 2000. Topics covered by the conversation include the back stories black actors must invent to play Shakesperean roles and the advice passed between the black actors who have played Othello.
- Subjects
CONVERSATION; AFRICAN American actors; LENNIX, Harry J.; FISHBURNE, Laurence, 1961-; DRAMATIC productions of Shakespeare's plays; OTHELLO (Play : Shakespeare); TITUS (Theatrical production)
- Publication
Shakespeare Bulletin, 2009, Vol 27, Issue 3, p399
- ISSN
0748-2558
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/shb.0.0106