Othello: Lawrence Olivier as Othello 1965

Though he was highly praised for this role as a stage performance, the filmed version of it exposed Olivier to censure for portraying Othello as servile to Europeans. Indeed, so severe was such criticism that it has become almost impossible recently for a non-African actor to play the role. HMR Source: http://www.clevelandmemory.org/copyright/ via Special Collections, Cleveland State University Library.