Ira Aldridge
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Ira Frederick Aldridge was an American-born British actor, playwright, and theatre manager, known for his portrayal of Shakespearean characters. James Hewlett and Aldridge are regarded as the first Bl
Ira Aldridge as Othello by James Northcote, 1826
Ira Aldridge as Mungo in The Padlock.
Portrait of Aldridge as Mungo, held at the Northwestern University.
Aldridge as Aaron in Titus Andronicus
Amanda Aldridge
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Amanda Christina Elizabeth Aldridge, also known as Amanda Ira Aldridge, was a British opera singer and teacher who composed love songs, suites, sambas, and light orchestral pieces under the pseudonym
Ira Aldridge
…actor of African-American descent honoured with a bronze plaque at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. Two of Aldridge's daughters, Amanda and Luranah, became professional opera singers. Aldridge was born in New York City, in the United States, to The Reverend Daniel and Luranah (also…
Aldridge c. 1912