The Theater of Black Americans
Subtitle: a collection of critical essays
By: edited by Errol Hill.
Contributors: Hill, Errol.
Series: Twentieth century views; A Spectrum book
Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Published: 1980
Place of publication: Englewood Cliffs, N.J
Language: eng
Subjects: African American theater; American drama -- African American authors -- History and criticism; African Americans -- Intellectual life; African Americans in literature
Description: Critical essays on the history, impact and future of the black theater movement in the United States. Volume one traces its historical origins from its African and American roots and studies important black plays and individual playwrights from the Harlem Renaissance down to Ed Bullins. Volume two examines black theater companies and raises some of the moral and aesthetic questions they pose for audiences and critics, black and white. The contributors include Darwin T. Turner, Lindsay Patterson and Stanley Kauffman.
Notes: Bibliography: v. 1, p. 217-221; v. 2, p. 159-163.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Roots and rituals. The image makers; title: v. 2. The presenters. The participators.