Note 167 — Chapter V
Hugh J. C. Beavan translation
Othello, Act I, Scene 3. [Othello was, however, a Moor, not a Negro, and capable of a far higher delicacy of mental perceptions than the veritable “unbleached African.” Perhaps one of the most absurd theatrical errors was committed when the part of Othello was acted by a genuine Negro, Ira Aldridge.—Editor.]