Tabla de Contenidos:
  • V. 1. The early years, 1807-1833
  • v. 2. The vagabond years, 1833-1852
  • v. 3. Performing Shakespeare in Europe, 1852-1855.
  • V. 1. The lives of Ira Aldridge
  • Family matters
  • Life in New York City
  • Charles Mathews and James Hewlett
  • A gentleman of colour
  • The African tragedian
  • The African Roscius on tour
  • A fresh start
  • A new venture
  • Expanding the repertoire
  • London again
  • Playing new roles
  • Pale experiments
  • Dublin
  • Racial compliments and abuse
  • Re-engagements
  • Shakesepare burlesques
  • A satirical battering ram
  • Covent Garden
  • Other London engagements
  • Moving on.
  • V. 2. Creative responses
  • Moving on
  • Seymour and company
  • Playing independently
  • Meanwhile, in London
  • Trouping through the North
  • Touching all the bases
  • Adventures on the road
  • Staging a comeback
  • Engaged at the Surrey
  • Back on tour
  • Reviving Aaron
  • Last stages.
  • V. 3. Making up a company
  • Brussels
  • Navigating up the Rhine
  • Moving into the interior
  • Berlin
  • On to Vienna
  • Hungarian rhapsodies
  • Comparisons and contrasts
  • Personal and personnel matters
  • Hungarian rap sheet
  • Prussia, Germany, Switzerland
  • Homeward bound
  • Interpreting Shakespeare
  • Further travels.