White people do not know how to behave at entertainments designed for ladies & gentlemen of colour
Subtitle: William Brown's African & American theater
By: Marvin McAllister.
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press; University of N. Carolina Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
Subjects: Brown, William Alexander; African American theater -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century
Description: An exploration of the career of William Brown, a 19th-century free man of colour, who pioneered theatrical spaces for black New Yorkers, hitherto denied access to whites-only venues. The text explores these intercultural, multiracial environments and investigates negative white reactions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-231) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments ix; title: Introduction 1; title: 1.; title: Late-Night Pleasure Garden for People of Color; title: NOAH'S AFRICAN GROVE; title: 11; title: 2.; title: Hung Be the Heavens with Black; title: TOWARD A MINOR THEATER; title: 39; title: 3.; title: American Taste and Genius; title: BUILDING AN AMERICAN THEATER; title: 67; title: 4.; title: Tom and Jerry Meets Three-Fingered Jack; title: THE AFRICAN COMPANY'S BALANCING ACT; title: 103 5. In Fear of His Opposition; title: EURO-NEW YORK REACTS; title: 131; title: Conclusion: To Be-or Not to Be 167; title: Notes 185; title: Bibliography 213; title: Index 233.