Ira Aldridge - Performing Shakespeare in Europe, 1852-1855

This book describes the "glory years" of Ira Aldridge's first Continental tour, during which he won more awards and honors, often conferred by royalty, than any other actor of his day.

List of contents

Introduction
Making Up a Company
Brussels
Navigating up the Rhine
Moving into the Interior
Berlin
On to Vienna
Hungarian Rhapsodies
Comparisons and Contrasts
Personal and Personnel Matters
Hungarian Rap Sheet
Prussia, Germany, Switzerland
Homeward Bound
Interpreting Shakespeare
Further Travels
Appendixes
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

About the author

Bernth Lindfors

Summary

This book describes the "glory years" of Ira Aldridge's first Continental tour, during which he won more awards and honors, often conferred by royalty, than any other actor of his day.

Product details

• Authors: Bernth Lindfors, Bernth (Author) Lindfors
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.12.2013
• EAN: 9781580464727
• ISBN: 978-1-58046-472-7
• No. of pages: 362
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 237 mm x 31 mm
• Weight: 703 g
• Series: Rochester Studies in African H; Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora; Rochester Studies in African H
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries