IRA Aldridge: The Negro Tragedian by Herbert Marshall

IRA Aldridge: The Negro Tragedian

Herbert Marshall

355 pages first pub 1968 (editions)

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On March 25, 1833, celebrated English actor Edmund Kean collapsed on stage at Covent Garden while playing the role of Othello and died shortly thereafter. Sixteen days later, young Ira Aldridge, an American-born black actor, replaced Edmund Kean i...

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