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...acting honors were almost solidly male. In a dead heat for first place were Elliott Nugent for his superbly natural sergeant in The Voice of the Turtle, Oscar Karlweis for his delightfully rueful refugee in Jacobowsky. Best brace of actors were Paul Robeson and Jose Ferrer as an eloquent Moor and supple lago in Othello. The most engaging performance by an actress turned up in musicomedy-Mary Martin's in One Touch of Venus. Nimble performances: Elisabeth Bergner (The Two Mrs. Carrolls), Margaret Sullavan (The Voice of the Turtle), Mary Philips in Chicken Every Sunday. Actresses, in a sense...
Othello. Shakespeare brought vibrantly to life, with Paul Robeson eloquent as the Moor (TIME...
Othello. Shakespeare turned into vigorous theater, with Paul Robeson eloquent as the Moor (TIME...
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, who played him 13 years ago in London, a year ago in Cambridge (Mass.) and Princeton (TIME...
...Robeson is still Robeson, and is tremendous as Othello. His voice, his carriage, his power are all massive in their import and raise the Moor to a height from which his subsequent fall is catastrophic...