List showing the theatres and plays in various European cities where Ira Aldridge, the African Roscius acted during the years 1824-1867/ compiled by Arthur A. Schomburg

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{"value"=>"List showing the theatres and plays in various European cities where Ira Aldridge, the African Roscius acted during the years 1824-1867/ compiled by Arthur A. Schomburg"}

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{"value"=>"Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938", "type"=>"persname"}

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{"value"=>"<p>Arthur Alfonso Schomburg, black bibliophile, devoted his life to disproving the myths of black racial inferiority and affirming African peoples' role in the making of world civilization. The New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is named for him.</p><p>Ira Frederick Aldridge (1807-1867) was one of the most important black actors of the 19th century. He toured for over forty years throughout England as well as in France, Russia, Sweden, Czechoslavakia, Turkey, Germany and Austria playing roles from slaves to Othello.</p>"}

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{"value"=>"<p>Formerly cataloged in the Library's Cage files</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}

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{"value"=>"List showing the theatres and plays in various European cities where Ira Aldridge, the African Roscius acted during the years 1824-1867/ compiled by Arthur A. Schomburg, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library"}

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1 portfolio (38 leaves), 30 cm; 1 portfolio (38 leaves), 30 cm

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