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  1. Red Velvet (2012 Video)

    Director
    Indhu Rubasingham

    Video recording (mixed recording, four cameras) of Lolita Chakrabarti’s play about the 19th century actor Ira Aldridge and his taking the role of Othello. Adrian Lester plays Aldridge.

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  2. Black Tragedian, The (2004 Television)

    Television documentary first shown on the digital Community Channel. Documentary recording the life of Ira Aldridge, a 19th-century black American Shakespearean actor who also worked in Britain, taking his...

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  3. The Negro Tragedian (2009 Radio)

    Producer
    Cecile Wright

    Radio documentary by Kwame Kwei-Armeh tracing the life and work of nineteenth century black British actor Ira Aldridge. Undeterred by the racial hostility of the press, Aldridge pursued his acting career to...

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  4. Roméo et Juliette (Radio)

    aka: Romeo and Juliet

    Series
    Opera on 3: Live from the Met

    Opera. Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette with soprano Diana Damrau and tenor Vittorio Grigolo in the title roles, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda. Presented by Mary Jo Heth and Ira Stiff.

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  5. Act V (2002 Radio)

    Series
    This American Life

    US radio documentary series hosted by Ira Glass. This episode is devoted to one story. Over the course of six months, reporter Jack Hitt followed a group of inmates at a high-security prison as they...

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  6. Red Velvet (2022 Video)

    aka: Episode 53

    Series
    Shakespeare Hour Live!

    Video podcast hosted by Drew Lichtenberg. This episode focuses on Red Velvet, the new play by Lolita Chakrabarti about the 1833 production of Othello starring Ira Aldridge, the first Black actor to play...

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  7. Othello Stage History: Black Performance (2014 Video)

    aka: Othello at the National Theatre

    Professors Carol Chillington Rutter and Tony Howard with Adrian Lester discuss productions of Othello. The video briefly comment on the performances of Ira Aldridge, Paul Robeson, and Willard White, Rutter...

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  8. Shakespeare’s Spirituality: An Interview with Dr Martin Lings (2005 Video)

    Director
    Ira. B. Zinman
    Producer
    Ira. B. Zinman

    Dr. Martin Lings discusses Shakespeare’s work. He suggests ways in which Shakespeare may be taught, produced and viewed in ways which enhance the depth of understanding and appreciation of William...

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  9. Gounod - Romeo et Juliette from the Met (2018 Radio)

    An operatic adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet" by the Charles Gounod. The opera tells the story of Shakespeare’s famous tragedy over five acts and was first performed in 1859. Placido Domingo conducts the...

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  10. Imogen (2016 Video)

    Director
    Mattthew Dunster

    An updated urban version of Cymbeline by Matthew Dunster. "London. 2016. A strange and unsettled time - where men and the violence of gangs rules the streets. In a dangerous world we hear a new voice -...

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