ALDRIDGE, IRA FREDERICK

ALDRIDGE, IRA FREDERICK (also known as the AFRICAN ROSCIUS). Actor/Entertainer (24 July 1807 in New York, New York.; 7 August 1867 at Lodz, Poland). He attended the African Free School No. 2 in New York and obtained his early stage experience with the African Grove Theater company in New York during the years 1821-24. In 1824 he went to Great Britain, working his way across the ocean as a ship steward. He attended the University of Glasgow during the...