COLLECTION NAME:
Theatre Arts
Record
Title:
Ira Aldridge as Aaron
Title.Alternate:
Titus Andronicus
Collection Title:
Theatre Arts
Notes:
ca. 1852 ; from a daguerreotype by William Paine of Islington. Printed by The London Printing and Publishing Company
Collection Information:
Collection administered by the Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library, (402)-472-1193
Description:
Ira Aldridge as Aaron in Titus Andronicus Quote: 'He dies upon my scimitar's sharp point, / That touches this my first-born son and heir!' Act 4, sc. 2. ; Aldridge was an American and later British stage actor who made his career largely on the London stage and in Europe, especially in Shakespearean roles ; he is the only actor of African-American descent among the 33 actors of the English stage honored with bronze plaques at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon. He was especially popular in Prussia and Russia, where he received top honors from heads of state
Subject.Persons:
Aldridge, Ira Frederick, -1867 ;Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Titus Andronicus
Subject.Entities:
Library of Congress
Subject:
Theater -- History -- 19th century ;African American actors ;Shakespearean actors and actresses
Image.Publisher:
University of Nebraska--Lincoln, Libraries
Image.Date:
2014
Source:
Wikimedia Commons
