Shakespeare and Blackface

Synopsis: Video recording of the the keynote address by Professor Ayanna Thompson on Shakespeare and the American minstrel tradition and productions in which actors wear dark make-up to play Othello to explore bacl mascilinity and how the play was written to be performed by white actors. It was delivered at the ‘Shakespeare and Social Justice: Scholarship and Performance in an Unequal World’ conference hosted by the Shakespeare Society of Southern Africa in Capetown.
Language: English
Country: South Africa
Medium: Video
Notes: The presentation has the alternate title, ‘Shakespeare and Unfreedom.'
Subjects: Shakespeare

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