Paperback
Publication Date: 01/03/2001
Set against the backdrop of transforming theatre conventions in the early 1900s and US entry into World War I in 1917, this book relates the stories of the actors, stage artists, critics and many others - black and white - involved in the groundbreaking production of ""Three Plays for a Negro Theatre"". Curtis explores in great depth both the progress in race relations that led to this production and the multi-faceted reasons for its quick demise. She also investigates the heightened national self-consciousness that followed the United States' entry into the war. By focusing on a single event at a critical moment in history, ""The First Black Actors on the Great White Way"" offers a glimpse into race relations in early 20th-century American society.
- ISBN:
- 9780826213303
- 9780826213303
- Category:
- History of the Americas
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 01-03-2001
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- University of Missouri Press
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Pages:
- 304
- Dimensions (mm):
- 229x152x23mm
- Weight:
- 0.33kg
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