Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Ira Aldridge: Performing Shakespeare In Europe, 1852-1855ISBN13:9781580464727ISBN10:1580464726Author:Lindfors, Bernth (Author)Description:Ira Aldridge: Performing Shakespeare In Europe, 1852-1855, The Third Volume Of Bernth Lindfors's Award-Winning Biography, Traces The American-Born Black Classical Actor's Itinerary On His First Continental Tour Starting In Brussels And Following Aldridge Up The Rhine To Basel, On To Berlin And Vienna, And Cities In Prussia And Hungary, Lindfors Recounts The Major Performances And Analyzes Audience Responses To Them Because European Audiences Wanted To See This African Actor In Shakespearean Roles Rather Than In The Melodramas And Farces That Were Popular In Britain, Aldridge Concentrated Almost Exclusively On Performing As Othello, Shylock, Macbeth, And Richard Iii He Performed The Roles In English Even When Acting With Local Companies Who Spoke In German, Hungarian, Or Another European Language Aldridge's Impressive Manner Of Interpreting These Characters Won Him Many Honors, Awards, And Medals, Some Bestowed By Heads Of State Or By National Academies Drawing On Myriad Reviews, Playbills, And Letters, Many Of Them Penned By Aldridge Himself, Lindfors Examines In Detail Aldridge's Interpretations Of These Timeless Characters And Shows Why These Were Aldridge's Glory Years Bernth Lindfors, Professor Emeritus Of English And African Literatures, University Of Texas At Austin, Is The Author Of Ira Aldridge: The Early Years, 1807-1833 And Ira Aldridge: The Vagabond Years, 1833-1852, Both Published By The University Of Rochester Press In 2011 Binding:Hardcover, HardcoverPublisher:UNIV OF ROCHESTER PRPublication Date:2013-12-15Weight:1.55 lbsDimensions:1.22'' H x 9.32'' L x 6.43'' WNumber of Pages:350Language:English
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Item Length: 9.4in
Item Height: 1.3in
Item Width: 6.6in
Author: Bernth Lindfors
Publication Name: Ira Aldridge : Performing Shakespeare in Europe, 1852-1855
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University of Rochester Medical Press
Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora Ser.
Publication Year: 2013
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 0 Oz
Number of Pages: 362 Pages
