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Feb. 13 2018

“Red Velvet” and Ira Aldridge

By Judith Krummeck | Posted in Host Blogs, Interviews | Comments Off on “Red Velvet” and Ira Aldridge

Aldridge as Othello by William Mulready, Walters Art Museum

 

 

 

The Chesapeake Shakespeare Company is currently presenting a fascinating play about an African American Shakespearean actor from the early 1800s who should be much better known than he is. CSC’s Ian Gallaner came in to talk about Ira Aldridge.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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