Performance Dates
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London’s Theatre Royal, 1833. Theatre history is made when Ira Aldridge becomes the first Black actor to take the stage as Shakespeare’s Othello. As a bill promoting the abolition of slavery sends shockwaves through Parliament, how will London react to Aldridge’s groundbreaking performance? Director Jade King Carroll makes her STC debut with Olivier Award winner Lolita Chakrabarti’s “gripping, intelligent, and passionate” (The Financial Times) Red Velvet, celebrating a pioneering actor who triumphed in his art despite a tempest of social injustice.
Production Information
Show Type
Drama
Shakespeare or Classic
Cast
Performer
Role
Casimir/Henry Forrester
Charles Kean
Terence/Bernard Warde
Ira Aldridge
Ellen Tree
Connie
Pierre Laporte
Halina Wozniak/Betty Lovell/Margaret Aldridge
Creative Team
Playwright
Director
Set Designer
Costume Designer
Sound Designer
Lighting Designer
Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Manager
Dramaturg