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

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Event Type

Dramatic

Notes

Notes

Event Details

Troupe: Aldridge, Ira
Venue Type: Theatre
Location: Leeds
County: Yorkshire: West Riding
Type: Dramatic
Venue: Princess's Theatre, Leeds

Date

-
Date notes
Monday; part of a longer run





Casting

Event Program

Displaying 1 - 7 of 7
Title Performed Person / Troupe Notes Type
Slave, The Aldridge IraAldridge
Casting:
  • Gambia - Aldridge
    		• Play
    Virginian Mummy, The Aldridge IraAldridge
    Casting:
  • Ginger Blue - Aldridge;
    		• Play
    Three Fingered Jack Aldridge IraAldridge
    Casting:
  • "the hero" - Aldridge;
    		• Play

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    • 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)