Sharon D. Clarke leads Royal Shakespeare Company's reimagined 'Othello,' recast as a Black lesbian by director Monique Touko.

Sharon D. Clarke leads Royal Shakespeare Company's reimagined 'Othello,' recast as a Black lesbian by director Monique Touko.

It is a role that any actor would become a green ey'd monster over. But the latest portrayal of Shakespeare's Moor of Venice - reimagined as a lesbian - has caused quite a stir.