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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...
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    Amanda Christina Elizabeth Aldridge, also known as Amanda Ira Aldridge (10 March 1866 – 9 March 1956), was a British opera singer and teacher who composed...
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  • engineer Ira Aldridge (1807–1867), American actor Ira Allen (1751–1814), American politician Ira Alterman (1945–2015), American journalist and author Ira Angustain...
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    physical colour of skin, including a wide range of negative connotations. Ira Aldridge pioneered the prominence of black actors in the role, beginning in 1825...
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    the African Grove Theatre, New York, in 1822. And Hewlett's protégé Ira Aldridge (billed as "The African Roscius") played many Shakespearean roles across...
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    invited back. Aldridge was the daughter of actor Ira Aldridge and self-styled Swedish countess Amanda von Brandt. She was named after Ira Aldridge's mother,...
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    his diction, she introduced him to voice coach Amanda Ira Aldridge, the daughter of Ira Aldridge, a black Shakespearian American actor of the 19th century...
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  • The Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS) was established in 1981, by the Arizona Board of Regents as a state-wide, tri-university...
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     7. Retrieved 2023-12-16 – via Issuu. Bianconi, Lisa (2022-02-02). ""Ira Aldridge"". NoHo Arts District. Retrieved 2023-11-21. "Merrick McCartha". TV Guide...
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  • European woman and emphatically not of African ancestry". Diane Abbott Ira Aldridge Dounne Alexander Baroness Valerie Amos Viv Anderson John Archer Joan...
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    adjournment debate in the House of Commons. The African American actor Ira Aldridge managed Coventry Theatre after impressing the people of the city with...
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    In the winter of 1858, he saw African-American Shakespearean actor Ira Aldridge perform with his troupe. Using translators, the two became good friends...
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  • for St. Ann's Warehouse (2024). Red Velvet, Chakrabarti's play about Ira Aldridge, an African-American actor at the centre of controversy in 1833 when...
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  • Zealand cricketer Henry Aldridge (1923–2002), North Carolina politician Ira Aldridge (1807–1867), American stage actor James Aldridge (1918–2015), Australian...
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    The character of Zanga was portrayed by the African-American actor Ira Aldridge in 1848, and received favourable reviews, although critics were less...
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  • alphabetical order, as published Asante's 2002 book: Hank Aaron (1934–2021) Ira Aldridge (1807–1867) Muhammad Ali (1942–2016) Richard Allen (1760–1831) Marian...
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    Hot Tin Roof at the Novello Theatre in London. In 2012, he appeared as Ira Aldridge in the play Red Velvet, written by his wife Lolita Chakrabarti. Lester...
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  • 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...
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    premiered in 1850, written by Ira Aldridge and C. A. Somerset. Aaron was rewritten to make him the hero of the piece (played by Aldridge), the rape and mutilation...
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    Heddle Nash – opera singer (1895–1961) H. G. Wells – author (1866–1946) Ira Aldridge – actor (1807–1867) John Pennington Harman VC – Soldier (1914–1944) Joseph...
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    America. Abdul Rahman Ibrahima Sori Ayuba Suleiman Diallo Hamidou Diallo Ira Aldridge Omar ibn Said Yarrow Mamout Bilali Mohammed – author of the Bilali Document...
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    wherein he sang, gave speeches, and did impressions of black people. Ira Aldridge, one of the most famous actor of the nineteen century and the first Black...
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    Provisional Irish Republican Army (Provisional IRA), officially known as the Irish Republican Army (IRA; Irish: Óglaigh na hÉireann) and informally known...
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  • which garnered rave reviews from the Chicago press and earned him an Ira Aldridge Award. His role in The Tap Dance Kid earned Hinton a second Tony Award...
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    (2019 and 2022), The Secret History of a School (2019), Great Lives (Ira Aldridge) (2022) and Front Row (2019 and 2024). He has also appeared in Four Thought...
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    Włodzimierz Korcz. In 1867, American and British Shakespearean actor Ira Aldridge suddenly died at the Paradyż Theater (Piotrkowska 175) before his scheduled...
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    Carmen Salome The Wedding Feast Springtime Portrait of Ira Aldridge Portrait of Ira Aldridge as Othello (auction at Artcurial Paris March 23, 2022) Biography...
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  • racism and Black people on the 19th-century British stage, particularly Ira Aldridge. Waters became a full-time employee of the Institute of Race Relations...
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    Coleridge-Taylor Story". Black Mahler. Roberts, Brian (2012). "A London Legacy of Ira Aldridge: Henry Francis Downing and the Paratheatrical Poetics of Plot and Cast(e)"...
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  • an important part of full citizenship. He acquaints the reader with Ira Aldridge who could only achieve artistic greatness by travelling abroad, and says...
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