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...
Intertextuality and Influence
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
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...
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
.