Ira Frederick Aldridge, Famous Unknown Shakespearean


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Feb 06 2017 33 mins   148
He was one of the first Americans to achieve fame as a Shakespearean actor — and the first black man to do so, becoming a famous figure on the Victorian stage. But Aldridge has largely been excluded from biographies of Shakespearean actors. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers