A HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN THEATRE

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Professor Emeritus Theatre Department Dartmouth College Hanover New Hampshire.The first definitive account of AfricanAmerican performance and theatre from slavery to the present.This is the story of AfricanAmerican performance and theatre from slavery to the present. Its breadth and vitality from the individual performance to largescale 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.This is the story of AfricanAmerican performance and theatre from slavery to the present. Its breadth and vitality from the individual performance to largescale 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.This is the first definitive history of AfricanAmerican theatre. The text embraces a wide geography investigating companies from coast to coast as well as the anglophone Caribbean and AfricanAmerican companies touring Europe Australia and Africa. This history represents a catholicity of styles from African ritual born out of slavery to European forms from amateur to professional. It covers nearly two and a half centuries of black performance and production with issues of gender class and race ever in attendance. The volume encompasses aspects of performance such as minstrel vaudeville cabaret acts musicals and opera. Shows by white playwrights that used black casts particularly in music and dance are included as are productions of western classics and a host of Shakespeare plays. The breadth and vitality of black theatre history from the individual performance to largescale company productions from political nationalism to integration is conveyed in this volume.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 Toms 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.The complete historical reference for the African American theatre lover. Family Digest MagazineThough many mourn the recent loss of Errol Hill he and Hatch leave a lasting legacy with his valuable and comprehensive history Both Hill a

Data Publikacji: 2005-12-08
Wymiary: 228 mm 152 mm 37 mm 980 gr