Detail View: Theatre Arts :
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Title:
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Ira Aldridge as Aaron
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Title.Alternate:
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Titus Andronicus
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Collection Title:
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Theatre Arts
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Notes:
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ca. 1852 ; from a daguerreotype by William Paine of Islington. Printed by The London Printing and Publishing Company
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Collection Information:
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Collection administered by the Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library, (402)-472-1193
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Description:
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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
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Subject.Persons:
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Aldridge, Ira Frederick, -1867 ;Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Titus Andronicus
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Subject.Entities:
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Library of Congress
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Subject:
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Theater -- History -- 19th century ;African American actors ;Shakespearean actors and actresses
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Image.Publisher:
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University of Nebraska--Lincoln, Libraries
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Image.Date:
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2014
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Source:
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Wikimedia Commons
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