OTHELLO

Original 10 inch x 8 inch U.S. Still of LAURENCE OLIVIER & MAGGIE SMITH in the 1965 Stuart Burge Drama OTHELLO, based on the play by William Shakespeare.

In 1965, Shakespeare’s original text finally merited a full-length British feature, albeit essentially a filmed record of Laurence Olivier’s legendary 1964 National Theatre production. Controversy over Olivier’s overtly Negroid make-up, quasi-Jamaican accent and deliberately unsympathetic interpretation overshadowed the fact that this was also one of the century’s most radical and original Othellos, and Frank Finlay’s Iago and Maggie Smith’s Desdemona provided ample support.

The still is in very good condition. Reverse side blank.