ACTING+LIFE

§ One of the first black Americans to become an actor § Went to school in NYC near Park Theatre where he saw many plays o Inspired him to become an actor o Met James Wallack who took him to England to work backstage § Split from Wallack and got a job at the Coburg Theatre in London § 1833: Edmund Kean was forced to retire; Aldridge replaced him as Othello (Turney)