Directed by Stuart Burge, the film stars Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Joyce Redman, and Frank Finlay, who all received Oscar nominations, and provided film debuts for both Derek Jacobi and Michael Gambon.

Oct 20, 2021 · Three actors who have played Shakespeare’s Othello, from left: Laurence Fishburne on film in 1995, Laurence Olivier in offensive blackface in 1965, James Earl Jones …

Othello: Directed by Stuart Burge. With Robert Lang, Frank Finlay, Anthony Nicholls, Laurence Olivier. General Othello's marriage is destroyed when vengeful Ensign Iago convinces him that his new wife has been unfaithful.

Directed in 1965 by Stuart Burge in Shakespeare's Quarter Centenary year this is the first Shakespearian color movie in the British language. Laurence Olivier talks about his role in an interview...

Othello is a 1965 film based on the National Theatre Company's staging of Shakespeare's Othello (1964-1966) staged by John Dexter. Directed by Stuart Burge, the film starred...

In 1965 critics balked as Laurence Olivier played Othello in blackface, in the midst of civil rights. Get the story.

Jan 29, 2023 · In a brilliant and justifiably controversial adaptation of Shakespeare’s Othello, Laurence Olivier portrays the Bard’s Moor as an exceedingly confident and bombastic elder general –often erratic, bordering on apoplectic, yet he is immensely believable, even if not particularly moving.

Othello is a 1965 film based on the National Theatre Company's staging of Shakespeare's Othello (1964-1966) staged by John Dexter. Directed by Stuart Burge, the film starred Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Joyce Redman, and Frank Finlay, who all received Oscar nominations, and provided film debuts for both Derek Jacobi and Michael Gambon.

Othello (1965) is a film directed by Stuart Burge, based on William Shakespeare's tragic play. Laurence Olivier stars as Othello, the Moor of Venice, while Maggie Smith portrays Desdemona and Frank Finlay plays Iago, the scheming ensign.

Othello : I pray you, in your letters; when you shall these unlucky deeds relate, speak of them as they are. Nothing extenuate, nor set down aught in malice. Then must you speak of one that lov'd not wisely but too well.