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Aldridge, Ira Frederick

Born circa 1805 in New York; died Aug. 7, 1867, in Łódź, Poland. American Negro actor.

In the 1820’s Aldridge acted in an amateur theater in New York. After racists destroyed the theater, he performed with E. Kean during the latter’s tours. In 1827 he made his debut at the Royalty Theatre in London. He toured England and Ireland and worked in the Covent Garden, Lyceum, and other theaters. Racist persecution compelled Aldridge to leave England during the 1830’s. During the 1850’s he toured Europe with great success. He was ethusiastically hailed by such members of the Russian intelligentsia as M. S. Shchepkin and P. M. Sadovskii.

Aldridge was the first American actor to win world fame for his Shakespearean roles. He endowed his heroes with verisimilitude and genuine wisdom and depth. He excelled in the role of Othello, whom he made the personification of the Negro people’s insistence on their human dignity. As an actor Aldridge combined a fiery temperament and quick emotion with strict control. He also worked as a director.

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Durylin, S. N. Aira Oldridzh (Ira Aldridge). Moscow-Leningrad, 1940.

K. A. GLADYSHEVA

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No references found	The first part of her chapter provides a useful historical overview, beginning with an all-black production of Richard III in 1821 by the African Theater in New York, a company of former slaves and sons of former slaves, and with reflections on several performances by the nineteenth-century black actor Ira Aldridge, who played several of Shakespeare's major protagonists--Shylock, Macbeth, and Lear among them--in "white face. Colorblind Shakespeare: New Perspectives on Race and Performance by Little, Arthur L., Jr. / Shakespeare Studies In this regard, one of the most compelling sections of the book is a chapter devoted to the hardships encountered by African American actor Ira Aldridge throughout his life. Hazel Waters. Racism on the Victorian Stage: Representation of ... by Pierrot, Gregory / African American Review Byline: RAY MARSHALL THE name Ira Aldridge may not mean that much to theatre-goers of the 21st Century. Prejudice failed to stifle actor's talent; Remember When A BLAST FROM ... by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)	IQ IQ/Objects IQ/SmartServer Iqaluit Iqbal Iqbal, Muhammad Iqbal, Sir Muhammad IQL IQSY Iqta iqta' Iquique Iquitos Ir IR blaster IR code IR codes IR detector IR drop IR flasher IR gene IR remote control IR sequences Ir-shemesh IRA Ira Aldridge Ira Frederick Aldridge Irad Irael Iraj Iskandari Iraj-Mirza Irak Iraklii Abashidze Iraklii Alekseevich Ochiauri Iraklii Andronikov Iraklii Georgievich Tsereteli Iraklii Luarsabovich Andronikov Iraklii Moiseevich Toidze Iraklii Ochiauri Iraklii Toidze Iraklii Tsereteli Iraklii Vissarionovich Abashidze Iráklion Irala, Domingo Martínez de Iram Iran Iran hostage crisis Iran Islamic Republic Day Iran Petroleum Nationalization Anniversary Iran Victory Day of the Iranian Revolution Iran-Contra Affair	IR-UWB Ir. IR/ALL IR/CWCC IR/EO IR/GI IR/IED IR/MRBM IR/MW IR/OED IR/PS IR1 IR2 IR3 IR3B IR3M IR3W IR4TD ira ira ira ira ira ira IRA (disambiguation) IRA (disambiguation) IRA (disambiguation) IRA (disambiguation) IRA Adoption Agreement and Plan Document IRA Adoption Agreement and Plan Documents Ira Aldridge Ira Frederick Aldridge Ira Gershwin Ira Robbins IRA rollover IRA Roth IRA Roth IRA Structure Ira Township Branch Library IRA transfer IRA Transfers IRA/Keogh accounts IRAA IRAAF IRAAL IRAAM IRAAP IRAAS IRAB IRAC IRACC IRACCR IRACO IRACS Iracund Iracund

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The first part of her chapter provides a useful historical overview, beginning with an all-black production of Richard III in 1821 by the African Theater in New York, a company of former slaves and sons of former slaves, and with reflections on several performances by the nineteenth-century black actor Ira Aldridge, who played several of Shakespeare's major protagonists--Shylock, Macbeth, and Lear among them--in "white face.

Colorblind Shakespeare: New Perspectives on Race and Performance by Little, Arthur L., Jr. / Shakespeare Studies

In this regard, one of the most compelling sections of the book is a chapter devoted to the hardships encountered by African American actor Ira Aldridge throughout his life.

Hazel Waters. Racism on the Victorian Stage: Representation of ... by Pierrot, Gregory / African American Review

Byline: RAY MARSHALL THE name Ira Aldridge may not mean that much to theatre-goers of the 21st Century.

Prejudice failed to stifle actor's talent; Remember When A BLAST FROM ... by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)

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