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A history of African American theatre
Title:
A history of African American theatre
Author:
Hill, Errol.
Personal Author:
Edition:
First paperback edition.
Publication Information:
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

©2003
Physical Description:
xxiv, 608 : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.
General Note:
First published: 2003.
Language:
English
Contents:
1. Slavery and conquest : background to black theatre -- 2. The African theatre to 'Uncle Tom's cabin' -- 3. The Civil War to 'The creole show' -- 4. American minstrelsy in black and white -- 5. New vistas : plays, spectacles, musicals, and opera -- 6. The struggle continues -- 7. The Harlem renaissance -- 8. Educational theatre -- 9. The Caribbean connection -- 10. The Great Depression and federal theatre -- 11. Creeping toward integration -- 12. From Hansberry to Shange -- 13. The millennium.
ISBN:
9780521624435

9780521624725
Format :
Book