| Description |
2 volumes ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
Twentieth century views
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A Spectrum book
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Twentieth century views.
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Spectrum book.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (volume 1, pages 217-221; volume 2, pages 159-163). |
| Contents |
Vol. 1. Pt. 1. Roots and rituals: the search for identity. Some African influences on the Afro-American theatre / James Hatch -- Notes on ritual in the new black theater / Shelby Steele -- Two Afro-American contributions to dramatic form / Eleanor W. Traylor -- The aesthetic of modern black drama : from mimesis to methexis / Kimberly W. Benston -- America's debt to the language of black Americans / Jim Haskins and Hugh F. Butts, M.D. -- An origin for the negro spiritual / Eileen Southern -- An aesthetic of the cool: West African dance / Robert Farris Thompson -- Pt. 2. The image makers: plays and playwrights. Willis Richardson : pioneer playwright / Bernard L. Peterson, Jr. -- Shuffle along : keynote of the Harlem renaissance / Helen Armstead Johnson -- Langston Hughes as playwright / Darwin T. Turner -- Three black playwrights : Loften Mitchell, Ossie Davis, Douglas Turner Ward / C.W.E. Bigsby -- Mom, dad, and God : values in black theater / William Cook -- Structural elements in Ed Bullins' plays / Samuel A. Hay -- The delicate world of reprobation : a note on the black revolutionary theater / Michael W. Kaufman. |
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Vol. 2. Pt. 1. The presenters : companies of players. The Lafayette Players, 1917-1932 / Sister M. Francesca Thompson, O.S.F. -- The role of blacks in the Federal Theatre, 1935-1939 / Ronald Ross -- The American Negro Theatre / Ethel Pitts Walker -- Black theater in the South : report and reflections / Tom Dent -- The Negro Ensemble Copany: a transcendent vision / Ellen Foreman -- The National Black Theatre : The Sun People of 125th Street / Jessica B. Harris -- Pt. 2. The participators : audiences and critics. Into nationalism, out of parochialism / Larry Neal -- It's a long way to St. Louis : notes on the audience for black drama / Adam David Miller -- The Black theatre audience / Thomas D. Pawley -- Critics, standards and black theatre / Margaret B. Wilkerson -- Black critics on black theatre in America / Abiodun Jeyifous -- Two views by white critics : (1) Must I side with blacks or whites? / Eric Bentley ; (2) Enroute to the future / Stanley Kauffmann -- Black theater : the search goes on / Lindsay Patterson. |
| Subject |
African American theater -- History.
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African American theater. |
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History. |
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American drama -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
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American drama -- African American authors. |
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African Americans -- Intellectual life.
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African Americans -- Intellectual life. |
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African Americans in literature.
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African Americans in literature. |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Hill, Errol.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Theater of Black Americans. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, ©1980 (OCoLC)568747134 |
| ISBN |
013912733X (v. 2) |
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9780139127335 (v. 2) |
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0139127259 (paperback : v. 2) |
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9780139127250 (paperback : v. 2) |
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0139127178 (v. 1) |
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9780139127175 (v. 1) |
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