Question: Red Velvet is a 2012 play by Lolita Chakrabarti, dealing with the biography of a 19th century actor born in which year ?

Context articles: History of oil in California through 1930
Mr Foote's Other Leg
Lee Hyun-woo (actor)
Ira Aldridge
Constantino Barza
Red Velvet (play)
Lea Hall, Wimboldsley
Lumley inventories
Redwork
Charles Walter Couldock

The story of oil production in California began in the late 19th century.
 In 1903, California became the leading oil-producing state in the US, and traded the number one position back-and forth with Oklahoma through the year 1930.
 s of 2012 , California was the nation's third most prolific oil-producing state, behind only Texas and North Dakota.
 In the past century, California’s oil industry grew to become the state’s number one GDP export and one of the most profitable industries in the region.
 The history of oil in the state of California, however, dates back much earlier than the 19th century.
 For thousands of years prior to European settlement in America, Native Americans in the California territory excavated oil seeps.
 By the mid-19th century, American geologists discovered the vast oil reserves in California and began mass drilling in the Western Territory.
 While California’s production of excavated oil increased significantly during the early 20th century, the accelerated drilling resulted in an overproduction of the commodity, and the federal government unsuccessfully made several attempts to regulate the oil market.
Mr Foote's Other Leg is a 2015 stage adaptation of "Mr Foote's Other Leg: Comedy, tragedy and murder in Georgian London", a 2012 biography of the 18th century actor Samuel Foote.
 Both the biography and the play were written by Ian Kelly.
 The play's prelude is an attempt to steal Foote's amputated leg from the Hunterian Collection, but it mainly covers the period from Foote's tutelage under Charles Macklin in the 1740s until his involvement in the controversy surrounding Elizabeth Chudleigh in 1774-76.
Lee Hyun-woo (born March 23, 1993) is a South Korean actor and singer.
 He began his career as a child actor when he was nine, and later appeared in the television series "The Return of Iljimae" (2009) and "Queen Seondeok" (2009).
 He was also featured in "Master of Study" (2010) and "To the Beautiful You" (2012).
 Lee gained recognition with his role as a North Korean spy in the 2013 film "Secretly, Greatly" as well as a genius hacker in 2014's "The Con Artists".
 In 2016, he landed his first leading role in KBS2's "Moorim School".
 In 2017, he starred in his second leading role in tvN's "The Liar and His Lover", alongside Red Velvet's Joy
Ira Frederick Aldridge (July 24, 1807 – August 7, 1867) was an American and later British stage actor and playwright who made his career after 1824 largely on the London stage and in Europe, especially in Shakespearean roles.
 Born in New York City, Aldridge is the only actor of African-American descent among the 33 actors of the English stage honored with bronze plaques at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon.
 He was especially popular in Prussia and Russia, where he received top honors from heads of state.
Constantino Barza was a Brazilian photographer that operated between the second half of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century.
 Little is known about his biography, but it is known that he succeeded the photographer Alberto Henschelin the command of the atelier "Photographia Allemã" ("German Photography") in Recife, in the end of the 19th century.
 Many photos of his authorship can be found in the digital archive Domínio Público.
Red Velvet is a 2012 play by Lolita Chakrabarti, dealing with the biography of the 19th century actor Ira Aldridge and his taking the role of "Othello".
 It premiered at the Tricycle Theatre (directed by its new artistic director Indhu Rubasingham) from 11 October to 24 November 2012, with Aldridge played by Adrian Lester.
Lea Hall is a former country house standing to the northwest of the village of Wimboldsley, Cheshire, England.
 It dates from the early part of the 18th century, and was built for the Lowndes family.
 During the 19th century the house was owned by Joseph Verdin.
 Additions, including dormer windows, were made in the 19th century.
 During the 20th century the house was divided into three flats.
 The house is constructed in red brick with ashlar dressings and a tiled roof.
 It is in two storeys, with an attic and a basement.
 The roof is large and hipped, with a viewing platform.
 The entrance front is symmetrical, in five bays, the central bay protruding slightly forward.
 This bay contains a doorway with a swan's nest pediment decorated with scrolls, and containing a crest with the initials J V (for Joseph Verdin).
 The authors of the "Buildings of England" series describe the house as a "perfect brick box, delightful if just a little funny to look at".
 It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
The Lumley inventories are a group of inventories documenting the extensive collections of paintings, books, sculptures, silver and furniture accumulated by John, 1st Baron Lumley (c.1533–1609).
 The most celebrated of these, a manuscript volume which incorporates a considerable amount of heraldic and genealogical material as well as the inventory itself, is sometimes known as the "Red Velvet Book" (from its later binding), and sometimes simply as "the Lumley Inventory".
 It is often dated to 1590, although it is in reality a more complex composite volume including material dating from 1586 to 1595.
 Further inventories were drawn up for purposes of probate on Lord Lumley's death in 1609; and others when parts of the collection were sold in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
Redwork is a form of American embroidery, also called art needlework, that developed in the 19th century and was particularly popular between 1855 and 1925.
 It traditionally uses red thread, chosen because red dyes were the first commercially available colorfast dyes, in the form of Turkey red embroidery floss.
 Redwork designs are composed of simple stitches and were mainly used to decorate household objects in the 19th and 20th centuries, especially quilts. Patterns for individual quilt blocks were sold for a penny in the United States, making them popular and affordable.
 In the 21st century, redwork has seen a resurgence among crafters.
 The main stitch used in redwork is backstitch or outline stitching, formerly known as Kensington stitch.
 Redwork was a common introductory form of embroidery taught to children in the 19th and 20th century.
 Children would make quilts decorated with redwork motifs, with motifs of various sizes prior to approximately 1910 and uniform sizes after that year.
 It was also a way for women with skills in pattern stamping or embroidery to generate their own source of income from the home.
Charles Walter Couldock (26 April 1815 – 27 November 1898) was a popular 19th century actor.