The Theatre of Black Americans
A Collection of Critical Essays| By: | Errol Hill |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury USA |
| Print ISBN: | 9780936839271 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781617801761 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 1987 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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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.