Keith Hamilton Cobb's American Moor examines the experiences and perspectives of black men in America through the metaphor of Shakespeare’s character, Othello. It is not an adaptation of Othello but an echoing of it in our lives today. It is a play about race in America, but it is also a play about who gets to make art, who gets to play Shakespeare, about the qualitative decline of American theatre, about actors and acting, and about the nature of unadulterated love. It is an often funny, often heartbreaking examination of the privileged perspectives that are ultimately so injurious to us all.
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Kim F. Hall
'Othello Was My Grandfather': Shakespeare and Race in the African Diaspora · 1:00 PM · The Rand Theater
UMass Campus
SPONSORED BY: THE OFFICE OF THE PROVOST THE FIVE COLLEGE CONSORTIUM LECTURE FUND THE DEPARTMENTS OF ENGLISH & THEATER UJMASS THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AMHERST COLLEGE KINNEY CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RENAISSANCE STUDIES NOV 10
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Actors Studio with Actors Keith Hamilton Cobb & Jude Sandy, & Director Kim Weild · 2:00 PM · The Rand Theater
UMass Campus
On-Campus Residency with Keith Hamilton Cobb
Classroom visits