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A History of African American Theatre »
Authors: James V. Hatch, Errol G. Hill
ISBN-13: 9780521624435, ISBN-10: 0521624436
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: June 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: James V. Hatch
Professor Emeritus, Theatre Department, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.
Professor Emeritus in the Graduate Theatre Program at the City University of New York.
Book Synopsis
The first definitive account of African-American performance and theatre from slavery to the present.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | ||
| 1 | Slavery and conquest : background to black theatre | 11 |
| 2 | The African theatre to Uncle Tom's cabin | 24 |
| 3 | The Civil War to The Creole show | 61 |
| 4 | American minstrelsy in black and white | 93 |
| 5 | New vistas : plays, spectacles, musicals, and opera | 135 |
| 6 | The struggle continues | 186 |
| 7 | The Harlem renaissance | 214 |
| 8 | Educational theatre | 255 |
| 9 | The Caribbean connection | 273 |
| 10 | The Great Depression and federal theatre | 307 |
| 11 | Creeping toward integration | 335 |
| 12 | From Hansberry to Shange | 375 |
| 13 | The millennium | 430 |
Subjects
Fiction Books & Literature
Literary Criticism American & Canadian Literature
Fiction Books & Literature Literary Criticism Drama - Literary Criticism
African Americans African American Arts & Entertainment African American Literature - Literary Criticism
African Americans African American Arts & Entertainment Performing Arts
African Americans African American History African American History - Social Aspects
Entertainment Performing Arts General & Miscellaneous Performing Arts
Entertainment Theater Theater - History & Criticism
History African American History African American Arts & Entertainment
History African American History African American History
History American History United States History - African American History
Nonfiction Entertainment Performing Arts
Nonfiction Entertainment Theater
Nonfiction History African American History
Nonfiction History American History
Literary Criticism American & Canadian LiteratureFiction Books & Literature
Literary Criticism Drama - Literary CriticismAfrican Americans
African American Arts & Entertainment African American Literature - Literary CriticismAfrican Americans
African American Arts & Entertainment Performing ArtsAfrican Americans
African American History African American History - Social AspectsEntertainment
Performing Arts General & Miscellaneous Performing ArtsEntertainment
Theater Theater - History & CriticismHistory
African American History African American Arts & EntertainmentHistory
African American History African American HistoryHistory
American History United States History - African American HistoryNonfiction
Entertainment Performing ArtsNonfiction
Entertainment TheaterNonfiction
History African American HistoryNonfiction
History American History