Aldridge, Ira, 3 Mar. 1851 -3 Mar. 1851, Yorkshire: West Riding

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Dramatic

Event Details

Troupe: Aldridge, Ira
Venue Type: Theatre
Location: Leeds
County: Yorkshire: West Riding
Type: Dramatic
Venue: Princess's Theatre, Leeds
Date: 3 March 1851-3 March 1851
Date notes: Monday; part of a longer run
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Event Program

Title Performed Person / Troupe Notes Type
Slave, The Ira Aldridge/ Aldridge, Ira


Casting:

  • Gambia - Aldridge
    		•  Play
    Virginian Mummy, The Ira Aldridge/ Aldridge, Ira


    Casting:

  • Ginger Blue - Aldridge;
    		•  Play
    Three Fingered Jack Ira Aldridge/ Aldridge, Ira


    Casting:

  • "the hero" - Aldridge;
    		•  Play

    Bibliographic Sources

    • Era (London) March 9, 1851: 11:1-2.
      Info in Record:
      • Performance Type:
        Dramatic
      • Performers Listed: “Mr. Ira Aldridge” (Gambia, Ginger Blue)
      • Days & Times: “On Monday last” Aldridge “concluded a successful engagement of 7 nights”
      • Venue Name: “Leeds.-Princess’s”
      • Program Info: “The Slave was the first piece performed, in which he was Gambia”, “Afterwards…as Ginger Blue in the Virginian Mummy”, “concluding…with three Fingered Jack, in which Mr. Aldridge was the hero”
      • Other:
        audience,
        benefit,
        description/review,
        reception,
        other (description of Aldridge’s curtain call speech announcing Paris engagement, surrounding events at venue)
      Document Image, Part 1
    • Era (London) March 9, 1851: 11:1-2.
      Info in Record:
      • Performance Type:
        Dramatic
      • Performers Listed: “Mr. Ira Aldridge” (Gambia, Ginger Blue)
      • Days & Times: “On Monday last” Aldridge “concluded a successful engagement of 7 nights”
      • Venue Name: “Leeds.-Princess’s”
      • Program Info: “The Slave was the first piece performed, in which he was Gambia”, “Afterwards…as Ginger Blue in the Virginian Mummy”, “concluding…with three Fingered Jack, in which Mr. Aldridge was the hero”
      • Other:
        audience,
        benefit,
        description/review,
        reception,
        other (description of Aldridge’s curtain call speech announcing Paris engagement, surrounding events at venue)
      Part 2