Bibliograph

Black drama;, the story of the American Negro in the theatre

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Black drama;, the story of the American Negro in the theatre

Language

eng

Illustrations

portraitsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Black drama;

Oclc number

167077

Sub title

the story of the American Negro in the theatre

Table Of Contents

Part I: The day before yesterday. Of New York City in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries: deliberate distortion of an image -- Of the nineteenth century and thge rise of minstrelsy -- Minstrelsy's opponents -- The rise of the Theatrical Trust Syndicate and the Negro's exile from Broadway. -- Part II: Yesterday. Harlem and its development by Negroes -- The first Harlem thatre movement: 1909-1917 -- 1917-1929: The black renaissance, Broadway, the Harlem Theatre and the road -- The depression years: propaganda plays, the Federal Theatre, efforts toward a new Harlem Theatre -- Fear and war: the nineteen-forties. -- Part III: Today. The nineteen-fifties and the millennium -- The nineteen-sixties: Broadway reconsidered. -- Part IV: Tomorrow

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