American Moor
b'"Othello" is the story of a tragic murder and suicide involving a dark-skinned general and his aristocratic, white-skinned bride. Who should direct it? Who\\u2019s \\u201callowed\\u201d to? What if a white director and the actor he\\u2019s cast as Othello simply do not see eye-to-eye on the play\\u2019s subtext, the Moor\\u2019s motivations, and what the audience is supposed to take away from the production? \\n\\nThat conflict is at the heart of a one-man show currently being performed around the country called "American Moor." In it, a black actor \\u2013 the play\\u2019s author, Keith Hamilton Cobb \\u2013 stands on stage and addresses an invisible, white director who simply does not \\u201cget\\u201d Othello. Their disagreement allows for a searing exploration of the gulf between black and white Americans that some like to believe simply does not exist. \\n\\nKeith Hamilton Cobb is interviewed by Barbara Bogaev.\\n\\nFrom the Shakespeare Unlimited podcast series. Published August 9, 2016. \\xa9 Folger Shakespeare Library. All rights reserved. This podcast episode, \\u201cIs This the Noble Moor?\\u201d, was produced by Richard Paul. Garland Scott is the associate producer. It was edited by Gail Kern Paster and Esther Ferington. Esther French is the web producer. We had help from Bill Lancz at the Marketplace Studios in Los Angeles. \\n\\nhttp://www.folger.edu/shakespeare-unlimited/american-moor'