{"product_id":"american-moor-9781350165304","title":"American Moor","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe intelligent, intuitive, indomitable, large, black, American male actor explores Shakespeare, race, and America ... not necessarily in that order.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKeith Hamilton Cobb embarks on a poetic exploration that examines the experience and perspective of black men in America through the metaphor of Shakespeare's character Othello, offering up a host of insights that are by turns introspective and indicting, difficult and deeply moving. \u003ci\u003eAmerican Moor i\u003c\/i\u003es a play about race in America, but it is also a play about who gets to make art, who gets to play Shakespeare, about whose lives and perspectives matter, about actors and acting, and about the nature of unadulterated love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Moor\u003c\/i\u003e has been seen across America, including a successful run off-Broadway in 2019. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition features an introduction by Professor Kim F. Hall, Barnard College.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKeith Hamilton Cobb\u003c\/b\u003e has spent the majority of his working life on stage and is readily recognized on the streets of New York for several unique character portrayals in television. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in acting, whose regional theatre credits include such prestigious venues as The Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Shakespeare Theatre of Washington DC, The Denver Theatre Center, The Huntington Theatre Company, The Orlando Shakespeare Festival, The Geva Theatre Center and many others. He has performed such classical roles as Laertes in \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e, Tybalt in \u003ci\u003eRomeo and Juliet\u003c\/i\u003e, Tullus Aufidius in \u003ci\u003eCoriolanus\u003c\/i\u003e, Oberon in \u003ci\u003eA Midsummer Night's Dream\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as more contemporary roles in David Mamet's \u003ci\u003eRace\u003c\/i\u003e, August Wilson's \u003ci\u003eJitney\u003c\/i\u003e, and Lynn Nottage's \u003ci\u003eRuined\u003c\/i\u003e to name but a few.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525387817234,"sku":"9781350165304","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c3a36415-b0b9-4b74-86fd-d239c38c216d.jpg?v=1731216562","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/american-moor-9781350165304","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}