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Black History Month

An edition of Richard III "adapted for amateurs"
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An edition of Richard III "adapted for amateurs"

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Black actor J.A. Arneaux starred as the title character in the Astor Place Company’s production of Richard III and published his own 19th-century edition.

Books on Shakespeare and race for Black History Month
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Books on Shakespeare and race for Black History Month

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Celebrate Black History Month with five books and one essay about race in early modern Europe and in Shakespeare’s plays.

Ira Aldridge takes the stage
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Ira Aldridge takes the stage

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Ira Aldridge as Aaron in Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus. Since their revival by David Garrick in the early eighteenth century, Shakespeare and his plays have always generated a certain aura of celebrity, sometimes referred to as “Bardolatry.” Following in the footsteps…

Black History Month: A Shakespeare Unlimited podcast playlist
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Black History Month: A Shakespeare Unlimited podcast playlist

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Robert Edmond Jones. Costume design for Paul Robeson as “Othello”. Ink and gouache drawing with fabric swatches attached, 1943. Folger Shakespeare Library. To commemorate Black History Month in February, we’re sharing a playlist of Shakespeare Unlimited episodes about the African…