Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates/Othello, Act I, scene iii

Othello, Act I, scene iii[edit]

James Earl Jones performs a soliloquy by Othello from Act I, scene iii of Shakespeare's Othello at the White House Evening of Poetry, Music, and the Spoken Word on May 12, 2009.

This is a file made by Whitehouse.gov of a work in the public domain. The only issue is whether the file has any personality rights. The description at Whitehouse.gov claims here that this performance is in the public domain. Note that 1 minute and 9 seconds of oral introduction have been trimmed from this file from the original Whitehouse.gov posting. This file adds significantly to the following articles:

Nominate and support. TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:11, 29 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment We have confirmed that, according to the whitehouse.gov copyright page, the file is Public Domain (the play is PD-old-100, the performance is assumable to be PD-release, the recording is PD-USGov.)--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 13:09, 29 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
strong support what a great find. It shows off his very notable voice well. This is top notch from a great actor --Guerillero | My Talk 22:57, 30 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note Personality rights are separate from copyright status, and should have no effect on the promotion of this file in my opinion. Jujutacular ^talk 02:15, 8 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very nice find. Jujutacular ^talk 02:15, 8 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted 20090512 James Earl Jones - Othello (I. iii) at the White House (trimmed).ogv —James ^{(Talk • Contribs)} • 12:41pm • 02:41, 8 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]