In Shakespeare’s “Othello,” envious Iago says to his boss: “Men should be what they seem / Or those that be not, would they might seem none!” The irony is the actor playing Othello, the dark-skinned ...

The gripping tragedy is returning to London in a new West End production, starring David Harewood, Toby Jones, and Caitlin ...

Othello (by William Shakespeare; produced by The Theater Guild) gave Broadway its first powerful drama in months, its first Negro Othello in history. Playing the noble, credulous Moor was Paul Robeson ...

Singing or acting on stage and film, playing football and advocating for civil rights made Paul Robeson a global star. He was one of the most famous Americans in the 1930s and 1940s, but McCarthyism ...

This serviceable biography follows Robeson's remarkable career as an actor and activist, attempting to rescue his contributions to the stage and the political scene from the pall cast over them by a ...

"This book has been published in conjunction with the Paul Robeson Centennial Project, organized by the Paul Robeson Cultural Center of Rutgers University"--T.p. verso. Book to accompany the ...

Recently I attended a talk about Paul Robeson, a brilliant and courageous man, known around the world for his marvelous baritone; his acting, most famously in Othello and Showboat; and his strong ...

Lawrence Brown (left) and Paul Robeson perform at the Mother A.M.E. Zion Church in Harlem, N.Y., in 1941. (Sony Classical) Singing or acting on stage and film, playing football and advocating for ...