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Author Hay, Samuel A

Title African American theatre : an historical and critical analysis / Samuel A. Hay
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©1994

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 287 pages)
Series Cambridge studies in American theatre and drama
Cambridge studies in American theatre and drama
Contents 1. The Black experience school of drama -- 2. The Black arts school of drama -- 3. Theatre people-some splendid examples -- 4. The governance of theatre organizations -- 5. Development
Summary The book traces the history of African American theatre from its beginnings to the present. It analyses the types of plays written for this theatre, identifies the perennial problems faced by theatre artists and producing companies, and makes bold, innovative proposals for the theatre's healthy survival. The book draws on a considerable body of information that is carefully assembled in a lively accessible language. Professor Hay suggests that this theatre has been not only the cultural repository for African American life and history but also the forum where important ideas and aspirations of a people have been advanced and argued. The book presents a coherent and detailed scrutiny of the major stages of the development of African American theatre
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-274) and index
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Subject African American theater -- History
American drama -- African American authors -- History and criticism
African Americans.
Black or African American
African American.
African Americans
African American theater
American drama -- African American authors
Theatre americain -- Auteurs noirs -- Histoire et critique.
Theatre noir americain.
Theatre americain -- Auteurs noirs americains -- Histoire et critique.
Theatre (genre litteraire) americain -- auteurs noirs americains -- histoire et critique.
Theatre noirs americain.
Theatre (genre litteraire) -- Auteurs noirs americains -- Histoire et critique.
Theatre noir americain -- Histoire et critique.
theatre afro-americain -- 19e s. (fin) -- 20e s.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 93002322
ISBN 9780521445221
0521445221