Profiles of African American stage performers and theatre people, 1816-1960 / Bernard L. Peterson, Jr. ; foreword by James V. Hatch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peterson, Bernard L., Jr., 1926-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American entertainers--Biography--Dictionaries.

African American entertainers.

African American theater--Biography--Dictionaries.

African American theater.

Genre:

Biographies.

Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 408 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2001.

Summary:

A directory of over 500 African American performers and theater people who have made a significant contribution to the American stage from the second decade of the 19th century to the beginning of the civil rights movement of the 1960s.

Contents:

Appendix A. Black Theatrical Personalities Mentioned in Various Entries of the Main Directory Who Do Not Have Entries of Their Own 279

Appendix B. Other Black Theatrical Personalities Not Included in the Main Directory 285

Appendix C. Classified List of Performers and Theatre People According to Selected Theatrical Professions 313.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [345]-358) and index.

ISBN:

0313295344

OCLC:

42980223