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| Ira Aldridge as Othello, 1830 by Henry Perronet Briggs |
In honor of Black History Month, I wanted to talk about the life of Ira Aldridge, the first African American Shakespearean actor. Just this past weekend, Saturday, February, 18th, 2012, I was given the job to video tape a One-Act Play called Ira Aldridge: The African Roscius, written by Jacqueline E. Lawton. The play was part of The 23rd Annual Savannah Black Heritage Festival and was featuring Avery Brooks (Ira Aldridge) and Jewell Robinson (Amanda Ira Aldridge, his daughter).
