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Shakespearean Reimagining with Black Lead
The Royal Shakespeare Company is staging a new production of 'Othello' that reimagines the play as a Black lesbian in a future threatened by climate change. The casting decision has generated significant buzz and debate among theater critics.
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Variety
The Royal Shakespeare Company has cast Sharon D. Clarke in the title role of “Othello,” with Monique Touko directing a production that relocates Shakespeare’s tragedy to a climate-threatened future and places a Black lesbian in the seat of military power at its center. The producti
2026-07-01 08:36 UTC