William Alexander Brown

William Alexander Brown, makwaara dị ka William Henry Brown (c. 1790–1884),  bụ onye America na-ede egwuregwu na onye na-emepụta ihe nkiri . A na-ewere ya dị ka onye na-ede egwuregwu ojii mbụ ama ama na America. 

 Akụkọ ndụ 
A mụrụ Willian A. Brown na West Indies, ma rụọ ọrụ ebe ahụ dị ka onye na-elekọta ụgbọ mmiri. Mgbe ọ lara ezumike nká n'ọrụ ụgbọ mmiri ya, ọ gara biri n'otu obodo nke ndị isi ojii na-akwụghị ụgwọ na mpaghara Manhattan nke dị na New York City .

N'afọ 1816, o mepere ogige tii n'oge okpomọkụ na New York nke a na-akpọ African Grove Theatre, bụ ụlọ ọrụ ihe nkiri Black Black mbụ na America,  na-elekọta obodo ndị isi ojii n'efu. Kennedy, Dennis (August 26, 2010). The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199574193. The African Grove nwere egwu, ihe nkiri na ihe ntụrụndụ n'èzí ruo mgbe ndị isi mechiri ya na 1821.

Brown gbanwere ndị otu ya na-eme ihe nkiri na African Theater (nke a makwaara dị ka Ụlọ Ọrụ Africa) ma nọgide na-eme ihe n'èzí. Kennedy, Dennis (August 26, 2010). The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199574193. Ndị "White hoodlum" na-akpagbu ụlọ ọrụ ihe nkiri Brown mgbe niile. N'ikpeazụ, Ụlọ ihe nkiri Park dị nso, asọmpi egwu na-atụ egwu, na sheriff obodo manyere Ụlọ ihe nkiri Africa mechie. Brown gara n'ihu na-eme ihe n'èzí n'ụzọ iwu na-akwadoghị. Ihe ndekọ ikpeazụ nke ụlọ ihe nkiri Africa dị na Mercer na Houston Street na Jenụwarị 1824.  Ọ bụghị ruo mgbe Agha Obodo America gasịrị ka ụlọ ọrụ ihe nkiri Black niile malitere iputa ọzọ. Nelson, Emmanuel S. (October 30, 2004). African American Dramatists: An A-to-Z Guide: An A-to-Z Guide. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9780313052897.

Ụlọ ihe nkiri Afrịka gosipụtara mmemme nke egwuregwu oge gboo, egwuregwu ndị ama ama, ballet, egwu na opera.  Ụlọ ihe nkiri ahụ mepụtara ọrụ Shakespearean, yana egwuregwu Brown dere. Young, Harvey (2012). The Cambridge Companion to African American Theatre. Cambridge University Press. pp. 2–7. ISBN 9781107017122.

Brown dekwara ọtụtụ egwuregwu mbụ ka ha mee. Egwuregwu ya kachasị ama The Drama of King Shotaway (1823), dabere na ndụ onye ndu Black Carib Joseph Chatoyer (onye Brown kpọrọ Shotaway na egwuregwu ahụ) na nnupụisi ya megide ọchịchị Britain, a na-ewere ya dị ka egwuregwu mbụ nke onye Africa dere. sitere na America. A na-eche na Brown nwere ike inwe ahụmahụ mbụ banyere Agha Carib mgbe ọ rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onye na-elekọta ụgbọ mmiri n'oge ahia ohu nke Atlantic . Jones, Douglas A. (2012). Young, Harvey (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to African American Theatre. Cambridge University Press. pp. 23–28. ISBN 9781107017122.

 Ihe ọ pụtara 
William Brown hiwere ụlọ ihe nkiri US mbụ nke na-elekọta ndị isi ojii n'ụzọ nke naanị ndị ọcha na-ege ntị na mbụ. Ọ bụ otu n'ime oghere mbụ nyere ndị ojii nweere onwe ha echiche nke nsonye, yana ikike itinye onwe ha na omenala ihe nkiri ma hụ ihe ngosi nke onwe ha na ọrụ ndị oji na-ede egwuregwu na-eme nke ndị na-eme ihe nkiri ojii na-eme.  

The African Theatre, ma ọ bụ American Theatre, nwere egwuregwu mbụ emepụtara na Septemba 17, 1821, nke bụ Richard III . Ụlọ ihe nkiri Africa kwagara na 1215 Mercer Street na New York City n'afọ 1822. Ekwuru na Brown na-enye ohere ka ndị ọcha na-ege ntị na ụlọ ihe nkiri mana e kwere ka ha nọrọ ọdụ n'azụ ụlọ. Ọ sịrị, "Ndị ọcha amaghị ka ha ga-esi na-akpa àgwà na ntụrụndụ ụmụnwaanyị na ndị isi agba." Ụlọ ọrụ ahụ gara n'ihu wepụta ọtụtụ egwuregwu, dị ka William Moncrieff 's Tom na Jerry . Otú ọ dị, na 1824, e mechiri Ụlọ ihe nkiri Africa.

 Esemokwu 
Ụlọ ihe nkiri Brown gosipụtara na ọ nwere nnukwu ihe ịga nke ọma ma na-eyi ihe nkiri ndị agbata obi egwu egwu, karịsịa mgbe o mepere oghere ihe nkiri dị n'akụkụ ọnụ ụlọ ihe nkiri Park nke ọma. N'oge na-adịghị anya, ndị uwe ojii mechiri ụlọ ihe nkiri mgbe mkpesa sitere n'aka onye nwe ụlọ ihe nkiri Park - Stephen Price - na ndị na-ekiri ihe nkiri ọcha. 

 Ntụaka 
N'ikpeazụ, Ụlọ ihe nkiri Park dị nso, asọmpi egwu na-atụ egwu, na sheriff obodo manyere Ụlọ ihe nkirvakwadoghị. Ihe ndekọ ikpeazụ nke ụlọ ihe nkiri ga ntị na mbụ. Ọ bụ otu n'ime oghere mbụ nyere