How Should You Perform and Watch Othello and Hairspray in a Country Where You Could Never Hire Black Actors? Shakespeare and Casting in Japan
This paper discusses how Japanese theatres have handled race in a country where hiring black actors to perform Shakespeare’s plays is not an option. In English-speaking regions, such as the United States and the United Kingdom, it is common to hire a black actor for Othello’s title role. Blackface i...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Lodz University Press
2020-12-01
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Series: | Multicultural Shakespeare |
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Online Access: | https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/szekspir/article/view/9361 |