Word: othellos
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Progressing to dramatic criticism, Hazlitt stirred up a histrionic storm by suggesting, in the modern vein, that what appealed to Shakespeare's Desdemona most was Othello's dark skin. Cried Critic Henry Crabb Robinson: "A gross attack on the pretensions to chastity in women." As political commentator, Hazlitt was even more savage. He once called the future Duke of Wellington "a weak mind and an able body," King Ferdinand of Spain "a royal marmoset." If he had not written so brilliantly, he might soon have found no editor to publish him. Hazlitt sometimes confused integrity with tactlessness...
...also should be Broadway's No. 1 sucker. Far from it, he is just about the smartest picker in show business. Since last spring he has picked seven hits in a row; he owns from 7% to 20% of The Voice of the Turtle, Kiss and Tell, Othello, Lovers and Friends, A Connecticut Yankee, The Cherry Orchard and One Touch of Venus. He also owns 20% of Life With Father and 25% of Arsenic and Old Lace, Broadway's two oldest moneymakers. His nine current shows, with their road companies, are grossing over $300,000 a week...
...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...
...enthusiastically received, especially in London, where one of the city's leading actresses played Desdemona to his Othello...