Aldridge, IRA

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 141

Aldridge, IRA, negro tragedian, born about 1805 in Senegambia, in 1825 came to Glasgow from New York to study for a missionary career; but next year, forsaking the pulpit for the stage, made his debut as 'Othello' in a small London theatre. He played in the provinces till 1852; then on the Continent won a high reputation, which London refused to indorse (1857); and finally died at Lodz in Poland, 7th August 1867.

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