Robeson, Paul. (1898-1976) 1944 Othello Program and PlaybillTwo superb unsigned items from one of the most famous productions of Othello in history. A Broadway Theatre Souvenir Program and a Playbill from the performance of Sunday March 26, 1944. The British Shakespeare critic, John Dover Wilson, called Robeson's performance in the 1943 1944 Broadway production, with Jose Ferrer as Iago and Uta Hagen as Desdemona, "the most notable one in the present century." In a 1971 radio interview, the director of the