The Royal Shakespeare Company has cast Sharon D. Clarke in the title role of “Othello,” with Monique Touko directing a production that relocates Shakespeare’s tragedy to a climate-threatened future and places a Black lesbian in the seat of military power at its center. The production opens in t...
Source: [Variety](https://variety.com/2026/theater/news/othello-reimagined-black-lesbian-royal-shakespeare-company-1236799854/)