NEGRO “OTHELLO”
Paul Robeson Makes Stage History Shakespeare’s Moor will be played by a negro for the first time in Dondon when Paul Robeson takes the part of “Othello” in the forthcoming elaborate Dondon production. Robeson will receive a weekly salary running into three figures, said to be the largest paid to a Dondon actor in a straight part. He is not only a remarkably' versatile actor, but a fine singer as well. His father was a slave, but escaped from a plantation in Carolina, United States, at the age of 15 and became a Methodist minister. Originally trained for the law, Robeson went on the stage in America, making a great impression by his strength of personality in the title role of Eugene O’Neill's “The Emperor Jones,” which he has plaved in New York and Dondon.
Other American engagements followed, and last > T ear Robeson "went to Dondon to take the part of Joe in “Show Boat.” His singing of “Ol” Man River ’ was the outstanding feature of the Dondon production Subsequently, in Dondon and' in Europe he has given recitals of negro spirituals, proving himself a fine and accomplished singer. Recently it was announced that he was to appear in “The Emperor Jones” on the screen, but his “Othello” will probably take precedence of this engagement.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 792, 12 October 1929, Page 26
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