Deep are the roots : trailblazers who changed black British theatre / Stephen Bourne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bourne, Stephen, 1957 October 31- author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black theater--Great Britain--History.

Black theater.

Actors, Black--Great Britain--History.

Actors, Black.

Actresses, Black--Great Britain--History.

Actresses, Black.

History.

Black theater--19th century.

Black theater--20th century.

Great Britain.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 276 pages : illustrations (black and white), facsimiles, portraits ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham : The History Press, 2021.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Beginnings

1. Sonia

2. Laughing at Larry

3. Cleo and Tommy

pt. 2 The First Trailblazers

4. Ira Aldridge

5. Paul Molyneaux: The Forgotten Othello

6. Victorian and Edwardian Music Halls

7. Sentimental Journey

8. Paul Robeson: Magical Fires

9. Florence Mills: Beautiful Eyes and a Joyful Smile

10. Elisabeth Welch: A Marvellous Party

11. Buddy Bradley and Berto Pasuka: On with the Dance

pt. 3 A New Era

12. Enter, Stage Left: The First Black Drama Students

13. A New Feeling: Britain's First Black Theatre Companies

14. Gordon Heath: AVery Unusual Othello

15. Edric Connor and Pearl Connor-Mogotsi: Against the Odds

16. Surviving and Thriving: Later Black Theatre Companies

17. Barry Reckord, Errol John and the Royal Court

18. Three Playwrights: Mustapha Matura, Michael Abbensetts and Alfred Fagon.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Ebook version :

ISBN:

0750996293

9780750996297

OCLC:

1250305964

Publisher Number:

99989105583