Last spring I included in my Shakespeare on Stage and Screen syllabus the 1965 film of “Othello” starring Laurence Olivier in blackface. You might be wondering why I’m freely acknowledging ...

BRITISH ACTOR FRANK Finlay, who was Academy Award-nominated for his work alongside Laurence Olivier in Othello, has died aged 89. Finlay's family said he died of heart failure on Saturday at his ...

Dreyfuss used the extreme example of 1965’s “Othello,” which starred Laurence Olivier as the titular Shakespearean character.