Script

Date: 1833

Production: Tragedy of Oroonoko by Thomas Southern, [with a title page bearing imprint: C.Cooke: London] In J. Cumberland, Cumberland’s British Theatre, vol. 25, 1829.

Repository: British Library

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Local Identifier: BL: 11785.a.1/11

Book

Date: 1833

Production: A brief memoir and theatrical career of Ira Aldridge, the African tragedian, London: Henry Pownceby, c.1855.

Repository: British Library

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Local Identifier: BL: 1608/4459

Book

Date: 1833

Production: Owen Mortimer, Speak of me as I am: The Story of Ira Aldridge, Wangaratta: 1995.

Repository: British Library

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Local Identifier: BL: YA.1996.a.22306

Video

Date: 1833

Production: Joseph Mydell, The Black Tragedian. Documentary film using archive material.

Repository: National Video Archive of Performance and Audio-Video Collection (Blythe House)

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Local Identifier: 24081

Engraving

Date: 1833

Production: Engraving of Ira Aldridge as Aaron in Shakespeare's play Titus Andronicus.

Repository: PeoplePlay UK: Theatre History online

Link: http://www.peopleplayuk.org.uk/collections/object.php?search_result=true&object_id=1010&back=%2Fcollections%2Fdefault.php%3Fsearch_name%3Dperformance_category_search%26amp%3Brun_search%3Dtrue%26amp%3Bcperformance_type%3D90%26amp%3Bctab%3D2

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Review

Date: 1833

Production: John Cole, A Critique on the Performance of Othello by F. W. K. [or rather, Ira] Aldridge, the African Roscius, Scarborough, 1831.

Repository: British Library

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Local Identifier: BL: 11794.g.29.

Book

Date: 1833

Production: Martin Hoyles, Ira Aldridge: Celebrated 19th century actor, London: Hansib, 2008.

Repository: British Library (and other research libraries)

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Local Identifier: BL: YD. 2007.a.8267