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Description edit
African American Performance and Theater History is an anthology of critical writings that explores the intersections of race, theater, and performance in America. Assembled by two esteemed scholars in black theater, Harry J. Elam, Jr. and David Krasner, and composed of essays from... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Wilson: Add a description of this character.
- Lisa
- Aida Overton Walker
- Uncle Tom
- Stowe
- Gabe
- Lorraine Hansberry
- Wells Brown
- Bullins
- Legree
- Corregidora
- Routledge
- Flanagan
- Campbell
- Jones
- Larry Neal
- Mcgee
- Joe Turner
- Mccauley
- Chloe
- Black
- Ursa
- Mama
- Limbaugh
- Tshembe
- Ma Rainey
- Sampson
- Eliza
- Raboteau
- Gordone
- Melinda
- Henry Louis Gates
- Mutt
- Weber
- Tribble
- Paul
- Toni Morrison
- Glen
- Duncan
- Malcolm
- Cruse
- Garrett
- Branner
- Daphne
- Patterson
Setting & Locations edit
- New York City
- America
- Africa
- Birmingham
- United States
- Congo Square
- Harlem
- Alabama
- Chicago
- London
- Chitlin Circuit
- White Slave
- Washington
- Belize
- New Orleans
- Cambridge
- Boston
- Cabin
- Los Angeles
- Race
- Minnesota
- Pittsburgh
- Seattle
- Westport
- Brazil
- Berkeley
- N.j.
- Alberta Whitman
- San Francisco
- Atlanta
- Louisiana
- Minneapolis
- Philadelphia
- Georgia
- Dark Fruit
- Newark
- Paris
- Latrobe
- St. Louis
- New York Public Library
- Europe
- Aiken
First Sentence edit
In an anthology dedicated to African American theater history, perhaps it seems odd to consider dramatizations of Uncle Tom's Cabin, the abolitionist novel written in 1852 by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 792.08996073
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- Books › History › Americas › United States › African Americans › History
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › History & Criticism › Literary Theory
- Books › Arts & Photography › History & Criticism › Regional › African American
- Books › Arts & Photography › Performing Arts › Theater › Stagecraft
- Books › Arts & Photography › Performing Arts › Theater › History & Criticism
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Special Groups › African-American Studies
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › African American
- Books › Entertainment › Television › History & Criticism
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Drama › History
- Books › Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism › Criticism & Theory
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