The DVD release of the film of Othello should not be called Othello; rather it should be Olivier. This was Stuart Burge's 1965 movie direction of John Dexter's 1964 Chichester stage direction of the ...

A University of Michigan music professor is facing backlash after showing the 1965 film "Othello" with star Laurence Olivier in blackface, a school official announced. David Gier, dean of the School ...

Three actors who have played Shakespeare's Othello, from left: Laurence Fishburne on film in 1995, Laurence Olivier in offensive blackface in 1965, James Earl Jones in 1981. (Hulton Archive / Getty ...

Bright Sheng, a music professor from the University of Michigan, has been removed from a teaching post for showing his students the 1965 film version of Othello, with Laurence Olivier as the eponymous ...

A killer game of hide and seek.

The University of Michigan removed Bright Sheng from his post after student Olivia Cook said she thought there was something "strange" about Othello. Ms Cook added: "I was stunned." Speaking to the ...