(THEATRE) ALDRIDGE IRA Mr Ira Aldridge the African Roscius

Sale 2239 - Lot 492

Price Realized: $ 7,800

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Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000

RARE (THEATRE.) ALDRIDGE, IRA. Mr. Ira Aldridge, the African Roscius. . .On Monday Evening. . .Othello! Letterpress playbill, 30x10 inches, faint crease where folded; a couple of tiny nicks. A remarkable survival, printed on very thin paper. [Newcastle, 1857]

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A magnificent playbill, featuring the noted black Shakespearean actor Ira Aldridge (1807-1867), scheduled to perform in both Othello, and another play titled "The Slave." Aldridge 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. He passed away in Poland.