![]() ![]() Jones, a kind of frail and defiantly loving Desdemona to this 20th-century Othello.” ![]() Miss Alexander, as bright as a sparrow, and with an almost spiritual beauty, makes a wonderful foil for Mr. ![]() “Of the vast supporting cast, two splendid characterizations stand out … most remarkably, Jane Alexander, as Jack’s girl Ellie. Following his glowing review of Jones in the Broadway production, Barnes writes: James Earl Jones played a tragic hero based on the life of the first black heavyweight champion, Jack Johnson, who committed two sins – defeating a white man, and loving a white woman, played by Jane Alexander. On October 4, 1968, The New York Times theater critic, Clive Barnes, wrote a review of the Pulitzer Prize winning play, The Great White Hope. ![]()
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