In honor of the 125th anniversary of the great man's birth, here is a photo of Paul Robeson as Othello and Uta Hagen as Desdemona, from the Philadelphia Inquirer, Oct 3, 1943.

Our episode about Paul Robeson in Philadelphia, which we released last summer, is one of our most popular ever!
https://www.aithpodcast.com/the-paul-robeson-house/

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