Othello is a notoriously tricky play to stage, obliging directors to tackle racism, sexism, a descent into madness that utterly defies logic, and some fabulously hammy lines (we can forever thank the ...

IN AN ERA in which litigious playwrights can shutter productions for taking liberties with a script, this Shakespeare fellow seems a pretty tolerant chap. You can't ...

The first offering of the Folger Shakespeare Theatre’s 2011-2012 season is Shakespeare’s “Othello,” a fiery production of Shakespeare’s tale of vanity, jealousy, manipulation, revenge and regret.

This Othello -- quite curious, isn't he? A black man who wins the respect of white Venice for his military prowess, he then incurs the city's racist wrath when he falls in love and elopes with the ...

In the title role in Othello at Folger Theatre, gorgeous Owiso Odero — all rippling robes and rippling abs — carries himself like a man more at home on the catwalk than on the battlefield. This raises ...

The epic story of King Henry V's battle with the French during the Hundred Years' War comes alive for the first time at the Folger Theatre, in William Shakespeare's historical drama Henry V. The ...

The Harlem Shakespeare Festival in partnership with The National Arts Club is pleased to announce the World Premiere of BECOMING OTHELLO: A Black Girl's Journey, a solo, multimedia theatrical ...

The reopened Folger Shakespeare Library aims to bring a wider audience to the world’s biggest collection of the Bard’s printed works When Owen Dodson cast Earle Hyman as Hamlet in a production at ...