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Ira Aldridge: The Vagabond Years, 1833-1852 deals in depth with the later experiences of one of the modern world's first black classical actors as he toured throughout the United Kingdom impressing audiences with his virtuosity and versatility as an interpreter not only of tragic and comic blac...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lindfors, Bernth
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Rochester, N.Y. : University of Rochester Press, 2011.
Series:Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora ; v. 49.
Subjects:
Aldridge, Ira Frederick, > 1807-1867.
Aldridge, Ira Frederick, > 1807-1867
Actors > United States > Biography.
African American actors > Biography.
African Americans > Great Britain > Biography.
Shakespearean actors and actresses > Biography.
Acteurs > États-Unis > Biographies.
Acteurs noirs américains > Biographies.
Noirs américains > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
PERFORMING ARTS > Acting & Auditioning.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > Spanish & Portuguese.
Actors.
African American actors.
African Americans.
Shakespearean actors and actresses.
Great Britain.
United States.
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 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.

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