Memoir And Theatrical Career Of Ira Aldridge The African Roscius Scholar S Choice Edition

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Memoir And Theatrical Career Of Ira Aldridge The African Roscius Scholar S Choice Edition

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Author : Anonymous
language : en
Publisher: Scholar's Choice
Release Date : 2015-02-15

Memoir And Theatrical Career Of Ira Aldridge The African Roscius Scholar S Choice Edition written by Anonymous and has been published by Scholar's Choice this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-15 with categories.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Memoir And Theatrical Career Of Ira Aldridge The African Roscius

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Author : Anonymous
language : en
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Release Date : 2022-10-27

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Memoir And Theatrical Career Of Ira Aldridge The African Roscius

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Author : Ira Frederick Aldridge
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1850*

Memoir And Theatrical Career Of Ira Aldridge The African Roscius written by Ira Frederick Aldridge and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1850* with African American actors categories.

The African Roscius

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Author : Ira Aldridge
language : en
Publisher: Mint Editions (Black Narrative
Release Date : 2023-09-12

The African Roscius written by Ira Aldridge and has been published by Mint Editions (Black Narrative this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-12 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Beginning with his autobiographical sketch, Memoir and Theatrical Career of Ira Aldridge, The African Roscius follows Aldridge's journey as a Black man who, "obtained and maintains among Europeans...a reputation whose acquisition demands the highest qualities of the mind and the noblest endowments of the person." Making it a lifetime goal to use his success and influence to speak on the horrors of slavery in America and abroad; this memoir is addressed to what he hopes to be an enlighted reader, and details how he rose to fame as a Shakeperian actor in spite of the racism and prejudice he faced as a Black man in theater. This edition also includes Aldridge's 1847 translation of Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois'sLe Docteur Noir (The Black Doctor). At the age of forty, Aldridge adapted the play about a hidden romance between a formerly enslaved doctor and the daughter of a French aristocrat and was said to have brought dignity to a role that traditionally ended in tragedy for its bi-racial lead. Together, these two pieces paint a stunning portrait of one of the first great Black actors. One part memoir and one part translation, The African Roscius is an exceptional piece of Black history professionally typeset and reimagined for modern readers.

A Brief Memoir And Theatrical Career Of Ira Aldridge The African Tragedian

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language : en
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Release Date : 1855

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A Brief Memoir And Theatrical Career Of Ira Aldridge The African Tragedian

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language : en
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Release Date : 1854*

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The African Roscious

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Author : Ira Aldridge
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-09-12

The African Roscious written by Ira Aldridge and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-12 with categories.

Beginning with his autobiographical sketch, Memoir and Theatrical Career of Ira Aldridge, The African Roscius follows Aldridge's journey as a Black man who, "obtained and maintains among Europeans...a reputation whose acquisition demands the highest qualities of the mind and the noblest endowments of the person." Making it a lifetime goal to use his success and influence to speak on the horrors of slavery in America and abroad; this memoir is addressed to what he hopes to be an enlighted reader, and details how he rose to fame as a Shakeperian actor in spite of the racism and prejudice he faced as a Black man in theater. This edition also includes Aldridge's 1847 translation of Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois'sLe Docteur Noir (The Black Doctor). At the age of forty, Aldridge adapted the play about a hidden romance between a formerly enslaved doctor and the daughter of a French aristocrat and was said to have brought dignity to a role that traditionally ended in tragedy for its bi-racial lead. Together, these two pieces paint a stunning portrait of one of the first great Black actors. One part memoir and one part translation, The African Roscius is an exceptional piece of Black history professionally typeset and reimagined for modern readers.

Ira Aldridge The African Roscius

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Author : Bernth Lindfors
language : en
Publisher: University Rochester Press
Release Date : 2007

Ira Aldridge The African Roscius written by Bernth Lindfors and has been published by University Rochester Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Ira Aldridge--a black New Yorker--was one of 19th-century Europe's greatest actors, performing abroad for 43 years, winning more awards, honors, and official decorations than any of his professional peers. This collection restores the luster to Aldridge's reputation by examining his extraordinary achievements against all odds.

Ira Aldridge

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Author : Bernth Lindfors
language : en
Publisher: University Rochester Press
Release Date : 2011

Ira Aldridge written by Bernth Lindfors and has been published by University Rochester Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

The first widely available biography of this important black Victorian-age actor, Ira Aldridge: The Early Years, 1807-1833 details the early life and career of this New York-born thespian as he began to act on the British stage. Ira Aldridge: The Early Years, 1807-1833 chronicles the rise of one of the modern world's first black classical actors, as he ascended from an impoverished childhood in New York City to a career as a celebrated thespian onthe British stage. After a successful debut in London in 1825, Aldridge began touring the British provinces, billing himself grandiloquently as the "African Roscius," and attracting crowds with his powerful presence and style. He received accolades not only as a tragedian in classic roles such as Othello and Oroonoko but also as a comic actor in popular farces and musicals. In 1833, when a bill to abolish slavery was being debated in Parliament, he was called back to London to perform at one of the city's most prestigious theaters, where his appearance, now under his own name but also billed as "a native of Senegal," created a great deal of controversy. In dealing with Aldridge's emergence as a professional actor in the United Kingdom, Lindfors here records in detail the ups and downs of his itinerant existence in a world where no theatergoer had ever seen anyone like him on stage before. Aldridgewas genuinely a unique phenomenon in Britain at a pivotal point in history. Bernth Lindfors is Professor Emeritus of English and African Literatures, University of Texas at Austin, and editor of Ira Aldridge: The African Roscius (University of Rochester Press, 2007).

Ira Aldridge

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Author : Herbert Marshall
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993

Ira Aldridge written by Herbert Marshall and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

"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 in the role of the Moor. "Suddenly, members of the press were up in arms," and a real-life drama escalated, with all of London the stage." "The late biographers Herbert Marshall and Mildred Stock recreate this drama, which included a huge cast of characters: An adoring following among the common folk in the English provinces. The manager of Covent Garden, one Pierre Francois Laporte, a Frenchman who mixed business with liberal ideas about race. Theatre critics who relished calling Aldridge a "black servant" even as they idealized Shakespeare's peasant background. The proslavery lobby, at that very moment fighting its last battle." "Aldridge had come to London from New York City at age seventeen and for eight years had performed in the English provinces. In April 1833, he stood at the very heart of the Empire, beloved Covent Garden. Thrust out after only two performances, he was catapulted, in a wonderfully ironic twist, onto a world stage that included all of Europe and Russia. He would eventually return to conquer London, decked with medals of distinction."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved