Listen to the above podcast interview with Iqbal Khan, director of the 2015 RSC production of Othello starring Hugh Quarshie as Othello and Lucian Msmati as Iago, and answer the following questions: According to Khan, what is the benefit of having black actors play both Othello and Iago? How do such directorial choices shape the audience’s understanding of the play? In your view, how (in what ways) can modern performances of Shakespeare’s works frame our relationship with the past? (
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