Ira Aldridge as "Othello", 1887. Black British Shakespearean actor and playwright Ira Frederick Aldridge was the the manager of the Theatre Royal in Coventry. Born in New York City, he left America in his teens. From "Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising" by William J. Simmons.

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