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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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 -...