Publication

2019 - Harvard Book Store, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

15,000 words, Guess

Page Count

60 pages

Identifiers

Description

"This small book is a personal account of Tracie Morris' development of her performance work-in-progress, The Impossible Man, about the legendary slavery-era African-American Shakespearean actor, Ira Aldridge. In this engaging essay, Morris, a experimental poet, scholar and performer discusses how her research of rare books and manuscripts at Houghton Library, and other archives, lead to her to the innovative staged theatrical production about Aldridge's legacy, and his daughter composer Amanda Aldridge (a.k.a. Montague Ring). This book was created for the work-in-progress presentation of The Impossible Man at Harvard's Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Campus Center"--Publisher's website

Subjects

People

Tracie MorrisIra Frederick Aldridge (1807-1867)

Times

Series Statement

  • Woodberry Poetry Room Blue Star collection of books and manuscripts

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