The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Race | FifteenEightyFour
To coincide with the publication of The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Race, we talked to some of the contributors of the volume. We asked them what they hope students and teachers would gain from their chapter, and where they hope the field will go in the future. Read on for their responses… Scott Newstok, Rhodes College Chapter: How to Think Like Ira Aldridge What we can learn from the first black Shakespearean to achieve international professional renown? From 1825 until 1867, Aldridge toured throughout Europe. Just before his death, he was on the cusp of a return to his nati...
Source: cambridgeblog.org