The roles of Othello and Iago are famously challenging. Until recently, the title role was usually played by white actors (John Gielgud, Laurence Olivier, Anthony Hopkins, Orson Welles), blacked up.

Billy Dee Williams said this week he believes actors should be allowed to do blackface, specifically praising Laurence Olivier's performance in Othello. "When he did Othello, I fell out laughing ...

Othello is also a set text on the post-2015 ... We see archive footage of founder Sir Laurence Olivier, explaining what he wanted it to achieve. Making Shakespeare Contemporary.