Ira Aldridge: Performing Shakespeare in Europe; 1852-1855; the third volume of Bernth Lindforss award-winning biography; traces the American-born black classical actors itinerary on his firstContinental 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 analyzesaudience 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; Aldridgeconcentrated 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; oranother European language. Aldridges 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 Aldridges interpretations of these timeless characters and shows why these were Aldridgesglory 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.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Nice editionBy j mckinneyThe book was in excellent condition; as I expected. It is a nice reference book to remember my trip by.
