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3 results found for '"Aldridge, Ira (1807-1867)"' in Keywords.
Red Velvet (2012 Video)
- Director
- Indhu Rubasingham
Video recording (mixed recording, four cameras) of Lolita Chakrabarti’s play about the 19th century actor Ira Aldridge and his taking the role of Othello. Adrian Lester plays Aldridge.
The Negro Tragedian (2009 Radio)
- Producer
- Cecile Wright
Radio documentary by Kwame Kwei-Armeh tracing the life and work of nineteenth century black British actor Ira Aldridge. Undeterred by the racial hostility of the press, Aldridge pursued his acting career to...
Black Tragedian, The (2004 Television)
Television documentary first shown on the digital Community Channel. Documentary recording the life of Ira Aldridge, a 19th-century black American Shakespearean actor who also worked in Britain, taking his...