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...Iago, José Ferrer was no longer dwarfed by Robeson, but a proper foil. Too mild a villain last year from not wanting to be too melodramatic a one, Ferrer now is supple, mettlesome, lightly Mephistophelean-a virtuoso who lays bare the workings of Iago's fiendish mind, though not the mainsprings of his enigmatic nature...
Most improved by this year of study is Jose Ferrer, whose portrayal of Iago is magnificent. Faced with the enormous acting problem of being "honest" and a villain at the same time, Ferrer plays a dynamic Iago without letting the part fall into the pitfall of melodrama...
...Most absolute of villains, who hates goodness, craves power, thrives on destruction, lago-as somebody has said-is the plot, since he engineers every last detail of it, unloosing all hell with a dropped handkerchief. A great lago can usually steal the show. As a pretty good lago, Jose Ferrer (Key Largo, Charley's Aunt) could not, against Robeson, even hold his own. The result was unorthodox: an Othello that had emotional grandeur, but lacked psychological excitement...
Robeson, who states that his production of this play is still far from prefect, and who is experimenting to work out new ideas all the time, was entertained as guest of honor, with Margaret, Webster, Jose Ferrer, Uta Hagen, and other members of the cast of "Othello" at a cocktail party given jointly by the Harvard Dramatic Club and the Signet Society...
...party Robeson expressed his appreciation of the work done by the members of the cast. He mentioned Miss Webster, the director, who is well known on the stage for her work on Maurice Evans' Hamiet, and Ferrer, who, he said, did a very good job in the part of Iago, as being particularly helpful...