In the '60s, Laurence Olivier put on blackface to play this Shakespearean hero
[ NYT ]... [DOC] [TLE] 'Exodus' Is Hardly The First Movie To Whitewash Its Cast - ALLDAY [PAR] Shakespeare's "Moor of Venice" has been played by a variety of white actors in 
black face, including Orson Welles, Richard Burton, Laurence Olivier (pictured) ... 
Earl Jones, and Chiwetel Ejiofor have also stepped into the tragic hero's shoes.