MEB
's novel was probably also inspired by her role two years earlier as the quadroon Zelinda in Thomas Morton
's The Slave, playing opposite black American actor Ira Aldridge
. Braddon had probably...
Occupation
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
She played male parts in plays by Shakespeare
and others, not as burlesque, but as straight parts after the style of Charlotte Cushman
. At least one reviewer, in Coventry's Era, objected to...
Timeline
1826: American-born black actor Ira Aldridge debuted...
Building item
1826
American-born black actor Ira Aldridge
debuted in London as Othello at the Royalty Theatre
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Law, Jonathan et al., editors. The New Penguin Dictionary of the Theatre. Market House Books, 2001.
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Carnell, Jennifer. The Literary Lives of Mary Elizabeth Braddon: A Study of Her Life and Work. Sensation Press, 2000.
