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Aldridge, Ira, 16 Sep. 1846 -16 Sep. 1846, Sussex

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Dramatic

Event Details

Troupe: Aldridge, Ira
Venue Type: Theatre
Location: Brighton
County: Sussex
Type: Dramatic
Venue: Theatre Royal, Brighton

Date

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Date notes
W evening



Casting

Event Program

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Title Performed Person / Troupe Notes Type
Padlock, The Aldridge IraAldridge
Casting:
  • Mungo - Aldridge
  • Messrs. Barnett, Howard, Dawson, & Suter, Miss Julia Wallack, and Madame Simon may have also performed.
    		• Play
    Slave, The Aldridge IraAldridge
    Casting:
  • Gambia - Aldridge
  • Messrs. Barnett, Howard, Dawson, & Suter, Miss Julia Wallack, and Madame Simon may have also performed.
    		• Play
    Robinson Crusoe Aldridge IraAldridge
    Casting:
  • Man Friday - Aldridge
  • Messrs. Barnett, Howard, Dawson, & Suter, Miss Julia Wallack, and Madame Simon may have also performed.
    		• Play

    Bibliographic Sources

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    • Era (London) September 27, 1846: 10:4.
      Info in Record:
      • Performance Type: Dramatic
      • Performers Listed: “Mr. Aldridge, the African tragedian”; “supported by Messrs. Barnett, Howard, Dawson, Suter, Miss Julia Wallack, and Madame Simon.”
      • Days & Times: “on Wednesday”
      • Venue Name: “Theatre Royal” (Brighton)
      • Program Info: “personating the characters of Gambia, Mungo, and Man Friday. At the termination of the “Padlock,” his Excellency Baron Brunow and the Earl of Charleville were introduced to Mr. A.”
      • Other: audience, benefit, description/review, reception
    • Era (London) September 13, 1846: 10:2.
      Info in Record:
      • Performance Type: Dramatic
      • Performers Listed: “Aldridge, the Black Roscius”
      • Days & Times: “at present”
      • Venue Name: Brighton
      • Program Info: “Othello, Oronooko, Gambia, and Zanga”; “Mungo, in the Padlock”
      • Other: description/review
    • Brighton Herald September 12, 1846: Referenced in University of Bristol, Barker Collection.
      Info in Record:
      • Performance Type: Dramatic
      • Performers Listed: African Roscius
      • Days & Times: Wednesday (September 16) – Aldridge’s last night
      • Venue Name: Theatre Royal
      • Other: benefit, (surrounding events at venue)
    • University of Bristol, Kathleen Barker Collection KB/5: Playbills OBL, M. September 14, 1846:
      Info in Record:
      • Performance Type: Dramatic
      • Performers Listed: “the African Roscius”
      • Days & Times: September 14 – “last night but Two”, “to-morrow, and Wednesday evenings”
      • Venue Name: Theatre Royal
      • Other: description/review
    • University of Bristol, Kathleen Barker Collection KB/5: Brighton Theatre Royal Index, Sept. 16, 1846:
      Info in Record:
      • Performance Type: Dramatic
      • Performers Listed: African Roscius
      • Days & Times: September 16, 1846
      • Venue Name: Theatre Royal
      • Program Info: The Slave, The Padlock, Robinson Crusoe
    • Theatrical Journal (London) September 26, 1846: 313:1.
      Info in Record:
      • Performance Type: Dramatic
      • Performers Listed: “The African tragedian” (as “Othello, Zanga, and Mungo”
      • Days & Times: “has been playing”
      • Venue Name: “Brighton”
      • Program Info: Othello, The Revenge (implied, given the character names listed above), “The Padlock”.
      • Other: audience, description/review, other (surrounding events at venue).