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                    26 May 2016 - 4:50pm

                    Red Velvet on stage

                    By
                    Tara Callinan

                    26 May 2016 - 4:50 PM  UPDATED 26 May 2016 - 4:51 PM
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                    Ira Aldridge (Carl Lumbly) arrives at the Covent Garden theatre to become the first black man to play Othello on a British stage.
                    San Francisco Playhouse/Ken Levin
                    02 / 06
                    Ira Aldridge meets Covent Garden theatre company members Pierre LaPorte (Patrick Russell) and Henry Forester (Devin O’Brien) after arriving to play the role.
                    San Francisco Playhouse/Ken Levin
                    03 / 06
                    Ira Aldridge (Carl Lumbly) and Ellen Tree (Susi Damilano) perform as Othello and Desdemona at the Covent Garden theatre.
                    San Francisco Playhouse/Ken Levin
                    04 / 06
                    Company members at Covent Garden react to the reviews of their production of Othello. From left: Richard Louis James, Devin O’Brien, Tim Kniffin,Susi Damilano
                    San Francisco Playhouse/Ken Levin
                    05 / 06
                    Carl Lumbly as Ira Aldridge, the first black actor to play Othello on a British stage
                    San Francisco Playhouse/Ken Levin
                    06 / 06
                    The cast of Red Velvet
                    San Francisco Playhouse/Ken Levin
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