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Ce Gye, WY 100025857 press to applaud, *Paul Robeson a Powerful Othello! was the 'Daily Telegraph's! headline, ; ‘The "Daily Herald': 'Pawl Robeson | Best "Othello" Irtve Seen,? The "Star": ‘Robeson Bewitches as Othello.! | And the European edition of the Herald Tribune's ‘Robeson Hailed in Strasford _ Othelle,! . The Associated Press story in the laste mentioned paper spoke of Robeson' s per. formance as famazing.§ -— = — - 7 0 0 wee er The ‘News Chronicle’ reviewer salied &t *‘guperb,! : , The ‘Daily Herald' critic said it was ‘the perfection of romantic acting.* And the 'Datly Mirror, applauding the ‘powerful acting of the Colossal Bronzé,' expressed the general feeling: Thank goodness for Paul Robesen,* Though *Othello’ has been given before. in the Shakespeare Memorial Theater!s Fepere tofre, Robeson was the first Negro to portray the role. The critica spoke of the great dignity he brought to it, Said one, 'He was like all kinds of things = Milton's Satan, who witnessed huge effliction and dismay; like Meredith's Luctfer, in stare Light dwarfing all around him: and most of ;, @ll he was like Shakespeare's ideal Othello,’ Another sritic wrote that Robeson | conQQTIAL «9a