Shakespeare, Blackface & Race Toys Author:Â Ian Smith

Author: Ian Smith

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Shakespeare, Blackface & Race Toys Author:Â Ian SmithThis Element addresses the topical debate on blackface, race and Othello. With Shakespeare performance studies being rather Anglo centric, the author explores how this debate has taken a radically different course in the Netherlands, a country historically perceived as tolerant and culturally close to the UK. Through several case studies, including the Van Hove Othello of 2003 2012 and the latest, controversial 2018 2020 Othello, the first main house