The Theater of Black Americans : a collection of critical essays / edited by Errol Hill.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hill, Errol.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American theater.

American drama--African American authors--History and criticism.

American drama.

American drama--African American authors.

Physical Description:

viii, 363 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Applause, [1987]

Summary:

From the origins of the Negro spiritual and the birth of the Harlem Renaissance to the emergence of a national black theatre movement, The Theatre of Black Americans offers a penetrating look at a black art form that has exploded into an American cultural institution. Among the essays: James Hatch - Some African Influences on the Afro-American Theatre; Shelby Steele - Notes on Ritual in the New Black Theatre; Sister M. Francesca Thompson OSF - The Lafayette Players; Ronald Ross - The Role of Blacks in the Federal Theatre.

Contents:

Roots and rituals

The image makers

The presenters

The participators.

Notes:

Bibliography: pages 359-363.

ISBN:

0936839279

OCLC:

14964511