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Ira's Shakespeare Dream

by Glenda Armand

Illustrator: Floyd Cooper

Ages: 6+

Published: 2015

Publisher: Lee & Low Books

ISBN: 978-1-62014-155-7

Keywords: Theater, Prejudice, African Americans

African American, Ira Aldridge, leaves segregated America in the 1800s and achieves success on the stage in England. Softly hued wash and oils.