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Ira Frederick Aldridge (July 24, 1807 – August 7, 1867) was an American-born British actor, playwright, and theatre manager, known for his portrayal of ...
The Quaker Levi Coffin gives an early account of an ancestor of African American spirituals. [9]The black African Grove theater, led by Henry Brown, [10] in Manhattan opens to the public, one of the earliest theaters to feature African American performers in full productions, also training the renowned Ira Aldridge.
Red Velvet is a 2012 play by Lolita Chakrabarti, dealing with the biography of the 19th century actor Ira Aldridge and his taking the role of Othello.It premiered at the Tricycle Theatre, London (directed by its new artistic director Indhu Rubasingham) from 11 October to 24 November 2012, with Aldridge played by Adrian Lester.
Sudden death of Shakespearean actor Ira Aldridge before his scheduled performance at a local theater. 1868 - Łódź Fabryczna railway station built. 1870 - Studio Theatre opened. 1872 - Moscow-Łódź railway begins operating. [2] 1878 - Manufaktura textile mill built. 1881 Great Synagogue built. Population: 49,592. [7] 1884 - Alexander Nevsky ...
The company is also known for the introduction of Ira Aldridge, considered to be one of the first impactful Black American Shakespearean actors, who was born in 1807 in New York City. His theatrical career was notably interesting and extremely prominent, but prior to taking a larger stage, he worked as a costume carrier for British actors and ...
And Hewlett's protégé Ira Aldridge (billed as "The African Roscius") played many Shakespearean roles across Europe for forty years, including Othello at the Royalty Theatre, London, in 1825. [193] There are stories of extravagant audience reactions to the play.
IRA volunteer Martin Doherty was shot dead in an attempted bombing by the UVF of the Widow Scallans pub in Dublin, which was hosting a republican meeting. 2 June Twenty-nine people, most of them UK's senior Northern Ireland intelligence experts, including ten senior RUC officers, died during the 1994 Scotland RAF Chinook crash at Mull of ...
The S-Plan or Sabotage Campaign or England Campaign was a campaign of bombing and sabotage against the civil, economic and military infrastructure of the United Kingdom from 1939 to 1940, conducted by members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA).