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Collection of playbills from the theater in Elberfeld, Germany, 1852

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Date
[1852]
Location
Elberfeld,  Germany
Media format
Printed text
Extent
2 items

Language
German
Genre
Performance materials
Promotional materials
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Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 354074
Folger call number: BILL Box Z5 E43te 1852
Folger holdings ID: 502378
Accession Number: cs369
Summary
Two playbills from the theater in Elberfeld, Germany. Both playbills advertise performances by Ira Aldridge; the bill for 18 August advertises Macbeth, featuring Aldridge in the title role, and the bill for 21 August advertises Thomas Morton's The slave, with Aldridge as "Die Empörung auf Surinam."
Notes
General notes

Title devised by cataloger Aldridge visited Elberfeld 1852, during his first tour of continental Europe (see Lindford, Bernth. Ira Aldridge's theatrical career, 2015) German ; partially printed in Fraktur

Subjects
Aldridge, Ira Frederick, -1867 Theaters
Related names
subject: Aldridge, Ira Frederick, -1867

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