It is only relatively recently that the full debt Thatcher owed to her own illustrious acting coach – Laurence Olivier – has ... deep octaves he needed as Othello. Wanting to preserve Thatcher ...

Laurence Olivier came up in conversation and Williams mentioned that the British acting legend did eventually play the Shakespearean role of "Othello" in blackface in a 1965 film. "Here's the ...

Prithee, shut thy Broadway programs. This cometh season Shakespeare is yet again showing life upon the wicked stage. Please, ...

With the heartbreaking death of Dame Maggie Smith just short of her 90th birthday, the entertainment world lost one of its ...

Fifty years ago, when Margaret Thatcher became leader of the Conservative Party, she turned to Laurence Olivier to prepare ... deep voice he needed to play Othello. Invoices Fleming submitted ...

Othello traditionally requires two great ... is a one-man show that scants Iago to star Laurence Olivier as the Moor. London critics were overwhelmed by the almost inexhaustible resourcefulness ...

She won the first of six Oscar nominations in 1965, starring opposite Laurence Olivier in "Othello", before scooping the prize four years later for "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie". Her performance ...

Why did a white actor, Laurence Olivier, play the part of Othello? Could that still happen today? How Mary Shelley’s 'Frankenstein' was adapted for the stage by the National Theatre in 2011 ...