The Theatre of Black Americans
A Collection of Critical Essays
Author: Errol Hill Series: Applause Books
THE THEATRE OF BLACK AMERICANS
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THE THEATRE OF BLACK AMERICANS
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From the origins of the Negro spiritual and the birth of the Harlem Renaissance to the emergence of a national black theatre movement The Theatre of Black Americans offers a penetrating look at a black art form that has exploded into an American cultural institution. Among the essays: James Hatch ä Some African Influences on the Afro-American Theatre; Shelby Steele ä Notes on Ritual in the New Black Theatre; Sister M. Francesca Thompson OSF ä The Lafayette Players; Ronald Ross ä The Role of Blacks in the Federal Theatre.
From the origins of the Negro spiritual and the birth of the Harlem Renaissance to the emergence of a national black theatre movement, The Theatre of Black Americans offers a penetrating look at a black art form that has exploded into an American cultural institution. Among the essays: James Hatch - Some African Influences on the Afro-American Theatre; Shelby Steele - Notes on Ritual in the New Black Theatre; Sister M. Francesca Thompson OSF - The Lafayette Players; Ronald Ross - The Role of Blacks in the Federal Theatre.
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