Actor David Harewood on Othello: ‘I was trying to de-blackface the whole character’
The Rada president discusses his long relationship with the play — and why this time it’s the misogyny that troubles him most
The Rada president discusses his long relationship with the play — and why this time it’s the misogyny that troubles him most

Tom Morris’s production at the Theatre Royal Haymarket features fine performances that don’t quite hang together

Shakespeare’s history play is always a barometer of the times and this Stratford-upon-Avon production hits close to home

The actor-writer’s new take on Alan Hollinghurst’s novel reflects the terror of the 1980s — but he also wants to give audiences…

Tanika Gupta’s adaptation reframes the troubled heroine as a retired Hollywood film star with a secret

The Oscar winner on the liberating power of film, what Hollywood still has to offer — and realising his 20-year ambition to…

He first played Othello in 1997, when the role was still synonymous with white thespians ‘blacking up’. Now, nearly three decades…