History of African American Theatre

Informationen zum Autor Professor Emeritus, Theatre Department, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. Zusammenfassung This is the story of African-American performance and theatre from slavery to the present. Its breadth and vitality - from the individual performance to large-scale company productions! from political nationalism to integration - is conveyed in this volume. There is detailed coverage of plays! musicals! actors! directors! designers! producers! and theatres. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; Foreword Lloyd G. Richards; Preface James V. Hatch; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Introduction Errol G. Hill; 1. Slavery and conquest: background to black theatre Errol G. Hill; 2. The African Theatre to Uncle Tom's Cabin Erroll G. Hill; 3. The Civil War to The Creole Show Errol G. Hill; 4. The American minstrelsy in black and white James V. Hatch; 5. New vistas: plays, spectacles, musicals, and opera Errol G. Hill; 6. The struggle continues Errol G. Hill and James V. Hatch; 7. The Harlem Renaissance James V. Hatch; 8. Educational theatre James V. Hatch and Errol G. Hill; 9. The Caribbean connection Errol G. Hill; 10. The Great Depression and Federal Theatre James V. Hatch; 11. Creeping toward integration James V. Hatch; 12. From Hansberry to Shange James V. Hatch; 13. The Millennium James V. Hatch; Appendix: Theatre scholarship at the year 2002; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: James V. Hatch, James V. Hill Hatch, Errol Hill, Errol G Hill, Errol G. Hill, Errol G. (Dartmouth College Hill
• Assisted by: Don B. Wilmeth (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.12.2005
• EAN: 9780521624725
• ISBN: 978-0-521-62472-5
• No. of pages: 634
• Series: Cambridge Studies in American; Cambridge Studies in American Theatre & Drama; Cambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre