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- Ira Aldridge : the African Roscius
- Publication Name
- Ira Aldridge
- Title
- Ira Aldridge
- Subtitle
- The African Roscius
- Contributor
- Stanley B Winters (Contributions by)
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 1580463746
- EAN
- 9781580463744
- ISBN
- 9781580463744
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Genre
- Literary Collections
- Release Year
- 2010
- Release Date
- 01/12/2010
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.7in
- Item Length
- 9in
- Series
- Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Topic
- African
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 15.4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 304 Pages
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Ira Aldridge -- a black New Yorker -- was one of nineteenth-century Europe's greatest actors. He performed abroad for forty-three years, winning more awards, honors, and official decorations than any of his professional peers. Billed as the "African Roscius," Aldridge developed a repertoire initially consisting of Shakespeare's Othello, melodramas about slavery, and farces that drew on his ability to sing and dance. By the time he began touring in Europe he was principally a Shakespearean actor, playing such classic characters as Shylock, Macbeth, Richard III, and King Lear. Although his frequent public appearances made him the most visible black man in the world by mid-nineteenth century, today Aldridge tends to be a forgotten figure, seldom mentioned in histories of British and European theater. This collection restores the luster to Aldridge's reputation by examining his extraordinary achievements against all odds. The early essays offer biographical information, while later essays examine his critical and popular reception throughout the world. Taken together, these diverse approaches to Aldridge offer a fuller understanding and heightened appreciation of a remarkable man who had an exceptionally interesting life and a spectacular career. Contributors: Cyril Bruyn Andrews, Nikola Batusic, Philip A. Bell, Keith Byerman, Ruth M. Cowhig, Nicholas M. Evans, Joost Groeneboer, Ann Marie Koller, Joyce Green MacDonald, Herbert Marshall, James J. Napier, Krzysztof Sawala, Gunner Sjgren, James McCune Smith, Hazel Waters, and Stanley B. Winters. Bernth Lindfors is professor emeritus of English and African literatures at The University of Texas at Austin.
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Publisher
University of Rochester Press
ISBN-10
1580463746
ISBN-13
9781580463744
eBay Product ID (ePID)
84362600
Product Key Features
Book Title
Ira Aldridge : the African Roscius
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
African
Publication Year
2010
Genre
Literary Collections
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
15.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Series Volume Number
28
Lc Classification Number
Pn2287.A457i73 2010
Volume Number
Vol. 28
Reviews
I will value this book most for its inclusion of three very scarce nineteenth-century memoirs of Aldridge, and for its newly translated versions of twentieth century critical articles. Scholars of mid-nineteenth-century British and European social history will also value this collection, for the story of Aldridge's acceptance -- and the limitations on that acceptance -- in England and Europe, is very revealing. --, . . . Lindfors [brings] new sources and perspectives to [his] incisive and timely examination of Ira Aldrige's career as well as the larger cultural political issues surrounding the textual and physical representations of blackness in the nineteenth century., Simply remarkable. An extraordinary conjunction of contemporary accounts and recent reflections that brings Aldridge alive for his time and ours. --, Succeeds at portraying Aldridge admirably. [.] Essential to scholars and researchers of theater and cultural history. It is a rewarding book, shedding light not only on the theater but also on race relations during a century fraught with issues of slavery and the attempt to eliminate human bondage. AFRICAN AMERICAN REVIEW Of particular interest for anyone interested in the local history of Manchester are Aldridge's appearances at antislavery events there. ETHNICITY AND RACE IN A CHANGING WORLD: A REVIEW JOURNAL The value of this volume is not only in the detailed and fascinating study of Aldridge's life and work. . . but. . . as a detailed, informative, and often original history of European nineteenth-century theater. RESEARCH IN AFRICAN LITERATURES [Martin Banham] This is a truly comprehensive coverage of the life and career of Ira Aldridge, a true pioneer who blazed a trail for African American artists to seek in Europe the fame and acceptance that eluded them in their own country. It deserves to be widely read, especially by anyone interested in African American transatlantic migrations and the history of race relations in Europe. --Oyekan Owomoyela, Ryan Professor of African Literature, University of Nebraska I will value this book most for its inclusion of three very scarce nineteenth-century memoirs of Aldridge, and for its newly translated versions of twentieth century critical articles. Scholars of mid-nineteenth-century British and European social history will also value this collection, for the story of Aldridge's acceptance -- and the limitations on that acceptance -- in England and Europe, is very revealing. --George A. Thompson, author of A Documentary History of the African Theatre Simply remarkable. An extraordinary conjunction of contemporary accounts and recent reflections that brings Aldridge alive for his time and ours. --James Gibbs, University of the West of England, Bristol Overall, the book presents a diverse range of essays that inform scholars and general readers in a manner both erudite and compelling. THEATRE JOURNAL [Baron Kellyjunction of contemporary accounts and recent reflections that brings Aldridge alive for his time and ours. --James Gibbs, University of the West of England, Bristol Overall, the book presents a diverse range of essays that inform scholars and general readers in a manner both erudite and compelling. THEATRE JOURNAL [Baron Kellyjunction of contemporary accounts and recent reflections that brings Aldridge alive for his time and ours. --James Gibbs, University of the West of England, Bristol Overall, the book presents a diverse range of essays that inform scholars and general readers in a manner both erudite and compelling. THEATRE JOURNAL [Baron Kellyjunction of contemporary accounts and recent reflections that brings Aldridge alive for his time and ours. --James Gibbs, University of the West of England, Bristol Overall, the book presents a diverse range of essays that inform scholars and general readers in a manner both erudite and compelling. THEATRE JOURNAL [Baron Kelly] ...Lindfors [brings] new sources and perspectives to [his] incisive and timely examination of Ira Aldrige's career as well as the larger cultural political issues surrounding the textual and physical representations of blackness in the nineteenth century. THEATRE SURVEY, November 2009, This is a truly comprehensive coverage of the life and career of Ira Aldridge, a true pioneer who blazed a trail for African American artists to seek in Europe the fame and acceptance that eluded them in their own country. It deserves to be widely read, especially by anyone interested in African American transatlantic migrations and the history of race relations in Europe. --, Succeeds at portraying Aldridge admirably. [.] Essential to scholars and researchers of theater and cultural history. It is a rewarding book, shedding light not only on the theater but also on race relations during a century fraught with issues of slavery and the attempt to eliminate human bondage. AFRICAN AMERICAN REVIEW Of particular interest for anyone interested in the local history of Manchester are Aldridge's appearances at antislavery events there. ETHNICITY AND RACE IN A CHANGING WORLD: A REVIEW JOURNAL The value of this volume is not only in the detailed and fascinating study of Aldridge's life and work. . . but. . . as a detailed, informative, and often original history of European nineteenth-century theater. RESEARCH IN AFRICAN LITERATURES [Martin Banham] This is a truly comprehensive coverage of the life and career of Ira Aldridge, a true pioneer who blazed a trail for African American artists to seek in Europe the fame and acceptance that eluded them in their own country. It deserves to be widely read, especially by anyone interested in African American transatlantic migrations and the history of race relations in Europe. --Oyekan Owomoyela, Ryan Professor of African Literature, University of Nebraska I will value this book most for its inclusion of three very scarce nineteenth-century memoirs of Aldridge, and for its newly translated versions of twentieth century critical articles. Scholars of mid-nineteenth-century British and European social history will also value this collection, for the story of Aldridge's acceptance -- and the limitations on that acceptance -- in England and Europe, is very revealing. --George A. Thompson, author of A Documentary History of the African Theatre Simply remarkable. An extraordinary conjunction of contemporary accounts and recent reflections that brings Aldridge alive for his time and ours. --James Gibbs, University of the West of England, Bristol Overall, the book presents a diverse range of essays that inform scholars and general readers in a manner both erudite and compelling. THEATRE JOURNAL [Baron Kelly] ...Lindfors [brings] new sources and perspectives to [his] incisive and timely examination of Ira Aldrige's career as well as the larger cultural political issues surrounding the textual and physical representations of blackness in the nineteenth century. THEATRE SURVEY, November 2009, The value of this volume is not only in the detailed and fascinating study of Aldridge's life and work. . . but...as a detailed, informative, and often original history of European nineteenth-century theater.
Table of Content
Memoir and the Theatrical Career of Ira Aldridge, the African RosciusIra Aldridge (1860)Men We Have Known: Ira Aldridge (1867)"Nothing extenuate, nor set down aught in malice": New Biographical Information on Ira AldridgeIra Aldridge's Swedish Wife"African Tragedian" in a Golden Prague: Some Unpublished CorrespondenceA Garland of Love LettersIra Aldridge's Fight for EqualityIra Aldridge in ManchesterActing Black: Othello, Othello Burlesques, and t he Performance of BlacknessIra Aldridge: Shakespeare and Minstrelsy"Mislike me not for my complexion . . . ": Ira Aldridge in WhitefaceIra Aldridge as Macbeth and King LearCreating the Black Hero: Ira Aldridge's The Black DoctorThe First American on the Zagreb StageA Heartwarming, Radiant Othello in the Netherlands, 1855Ira Aldridge's Performances in Meiningen"Othello's Occupation's Gone!": The African Roscius in Poland, 1853-67
Copyright Date
2010
Dewey Decimal
792.02/8092 B
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Series
Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora Ser.
Dewey Edition
22
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Yes
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