At Paul Robeson’s grave, Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, NY
‘That Shakespeare was not of an age but for all time has never been demonstrated more movingly on the American stage. The combination of circumstances has been close to perfect. A great Negro artist as Othello; an English-born actor and Shakespearean student as director; a gifted artist born in Puerto Rico giving a subtle portrait as Iago – this is the very form and pressure of universality in our own day.’
Samuel Sillen on Robeson’s Othello in New York City, 1943