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Books on: african american dramatist

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Willis Richardson, Forgotten Pioneer of African-American Drama

Book by Christine Rauchfuss Gray; Greenwood Press, 1999

Subjects:

African American Dramatists--Biography, African Americans In Literature, Dramatists, American--20th Century--Biography, Richardson, Willis--1889-

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Richardsons six essays on African-American drama, Gray calls attention...black drama written by an African-American dramatist in the early twentieth century...and a formula for writing African-American plays. It preceded...
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Black American Poets and Dramatists of the Harlem Renaissance

Book by Harold Bloom; Chelsea House, 1995

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African Americans In Literature, American Literature--20th Century--Bio-Bibliography, American Literature--20th Century--History And Criticism, American Literature--African American Authors--Bio-Bibliography, American Literature--African American Authors--History And Criticism, Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Intellectual Life--20th Century, Harlem Renaissance, Poetry

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...BLACK AMERICAN POETS AND DRAMATISTS OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE...Black American poets and dramatist of the Harlem Renaissance...American literature Afro-American authors Bio-bibliography. 3. American literature 20th century History and criticism. 4. American literature 20th century Bio-bibliography. 5. Afro-Americans in literature. 6. Harlem...
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Contemporary Black American Poets and Dramatists

Book by Harold Bloom; Chelsea House, 1995

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African Americans In Literature, American Literature--20th Century--Bio-Bibliography, American Literature--20th Century--History And Criticism, American Literature--African American Authors--Bio-Bibliography, American Literature--African American Authors--History And Criticism

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...Shanges integrity as a dramatist who seeks to "transcend...structure with identifiable African American self-expression. Elizabeth...self-respectin colored american magician / do wit such an...territories appropriated from Black Americans by racist terrorists: school...
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Modern Black American Poets and Dramatists

Book by Harold Bloom; Chelsea House, 1995

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African Americans In Literature, American Literature--African American Authors--Bio-Bibliography, American Literature--African American Authors--History And Criticism

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...Poems appearing in 1987 cemented Wrights reputation as a major American poet, in spite of frequent criticisms of the difficulty and obscurity of much of his work. As a dramatist Wright has also been successful, although to date only one of...
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Black American Poets and Dramatists: Before the Harlem Renaissance

Book by Harold Bloom; Chelsea House, 1994

Subjects:

African Americans In Literature--Dictionaries, African Americans--Intellectual Life--Dictionaries, American Literature--African American Authors--Bio-Bibliography, American Literature--African American Authors--Dictionaries

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...The Mission of Afro-American Poetry Garden City, NY...based on folktales are an African story, " The Jackal and the Lion ," and an Afro-American animal tale with the descriptive...figure so prominent in African and Afro-American traditions...

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Journal Articles on: african american dramatist

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Lost Theaters of African American Internationalism: Diplomacy and Henry Francis Downing in Luanda and London

Journal article by Brian Russell Roberts; African American Review, Vol. 42, 2008

Subjects:

African American dramatists--Works, African American playwrights--Works, African Americans--History, Diplomats--Practice, Downing, Henry Francis--Practice, Downing, Henry Francis--Works, Internationalism--History, United States foreign relations--History

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...the Pan-African Conference...journal, the African Times and...had found a dramatist "of unusual...actors and dramatists including...prolific African American playwrights...Scribbling Women: African American Female Dramatists." Black...
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Enacting Difference: Marita Bonner's 'Purple Flower' and the Ambiguities of Race

Journal article by Allison Berg, Merideth Taylor; African American Review, Vol. 32, 1998

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African American dramatists--Criticism, interpretation, etc., African American theater--Criticism, interpretation, etc., African Americans--Race identity, American drama--African American authors, Bonner, Marita--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Purple Flower (Theater)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Women dramatists--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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...contribution to African American theater...achievement in American drama for the...which the plain American author knows nothing...argument to the black dramatist. His somewhat...enslavement of African Americans. On the other...the extent that African Americans and whites still...strands of African American drama emerging...
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'The Black Star Line': The De-Mystification of Marcus Garvey

Journal article by Paul Carter Harrison; African American Review, Vol. 31, 1997

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African American dramatists--Criticism, interpretation, etc., African American theater--Evaluation, Garvey, Marcus--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Jamaicans--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Smith, Charles--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Black Star Line (Theater)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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...to reconstruct African American history into a...social system of American apartheid. The...experience of African Americans with uninformed...million African Americans who had been dues...tradition in the American theater, from...merely a local black dramatist willing to burlesque...
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The Motion of Herstory: Three Plays by Pearl Cleage

Journal article by Freda Scott Giles; African American Review, Vol. 31, 1997

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African American dramatists--Works, African Americans--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Blacks--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Blues for an Alabama Sky (Theater)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Bourbon at the Border (Theater)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Cleage, Pearl--Works, Flyin' West (Theater)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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...rare achievement for African-American playwrights: consistent...us to grips with our American past and to help us...defines her task as a dramatist as creation of dialectic...as black and white Americans and as men and women...for an Alabama Sky. American Theatre 13 (July...
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From Seeking One's Voice to Uttering the Scream: The Pioneering Journey of African American Women Playwrights through the 1960s and 1970s

Journal article by Olga Barrios; African American Review, Vol. 37, 2003

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African American dramatists--History, African American dramatists--Social aspects, African American playwrights--History, African American playwrights--Social aspects, Women dramatists--History, Women dramatists--Social aspects, Women playwrights--History, Women playwrights--Social aspects

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...description of African American playwrights styles...employed by the four dramatists analyzed in this...struggle to shape African American women playwrights...both as African Americans and as women...throughout African American history: "Black...

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Magazine Articles on: african american dramatist

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Out of Obscurity: Before A Raisin in the Sun, Socially Relevant Black Dramas Worth Revisiting

Magazine article by N. Graham Nesmith; American Theatre, Vol. 21, October 2004

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African American dramatists--Criticism and interpretation, African American dramatists--Works, African American playwrights--Criticism and interpretation, African American playwrights--Works, African American theater--Criticism and interpretation, African American theater--History, Hansberry, Lorraine--Works

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...of A History of African American Theatre: Abram Hill was the first dramatist to write a non-musical...Strivers Row was SRO at the American Negro Theatre. Like the...versus socialism) in African-American communities that continues...
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August Wilson: The People's Playwright

Magazine article by Sharon Fitzgerald; American Visions, Vol. 15, August 2000

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African American dramatists--Interviews, Wilson, August--Interviews

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...first play written by an African American to appear on Broadway...Hill District. His African-American mother...made their way into American society yet. They were...years later, as a dramatist, Wilson has chosen...
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Seeing Double: The State of Black Playwriting Is Reexamined; in a Fresh Wave of Festivals and Convenings

Magazine article by August Schulenburg; American Theatre, Vol. 28, April 2011

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African American dramatists--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, African American dramatists--Conferences, meetings and seminars, African American playwrights--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, African American playwrights--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Festivals--Demographic aspects, Festivals--History, Playwriting--Analysis, Playwriting--Demographic aspects

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...Black Playwrights Convening for the American Voices New Play Institute at Arena...of being both a playwright and African American. Questions about these double...festivals. In Nashville, the African American Playwrights Exchange...
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Oni Faida Lampley USING THE GIFT

Magazine article by Holly Bass; American Theatre, Vol. 17, January 2000

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African American actresses--Personal narratives, African American dramatists--Personal narratives

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...going to be the only black American student in Ghana--you know...brightly colored scarves, carved African masks, wooden bowls, and...catalyst for the older characters African odyssey backwards through...voice. She recalls all her African suitors, the good, the bad...hardest reality--that the Africans dont see her much differently...
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Charles Fuller STEADFAST

Magazine article by N. Graham Nesmith; American Theatre, Vol. 16, October 1999

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African American dramatists--Interviews, Fuller, Charles--Interviews, Theater and society--Analysis

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...in "an urban American community where ordinary African-Americans must face extraordinary...depict African-Americans, especially African-American men, not as...directed at the American public that involves African-Americans. And audiences...

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Newspaper Articles on: african american dramatist

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Dramatist's Fame, Career as Exotic as His Plays: Mercurial Edward Albee Enjoys 'Revival'

Newspaper article by Nelson Pressley; The Washington Times, December 1, 1996

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Dramatists fame, career as exotic as his...playwright; slumping playwright. Major American playwright; neglected American playwright. Acclaimed, prize...in a recent piece she wrote for American Theatre magazine. "It had that...
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The Black Actor Boom; Three Major Productions with a Black Lead Actor Are Playing to Packed Houses in London. the Days of Token Casting May Finally Be over, Says Nosheen Iqbal

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), May 18, 2010

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Actors, Actresses, Casting (Performing arts), Graphite, Motion pictures--Casting, Theater--Casting

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...a 28-year-old African-American playwright whose triumph...at the Young Vic, American playwright Sarah Ruhls...leading black British dramatist Roy Williams. His...the journey of black Americans in the 20th century...revered of African American playwrights. Set in...
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WIN [Euro]100 WITH IRISH MAIL ON SUNDAY CROSSWORD No 688

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), November 28, 2010

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...condition (4) 5 Devilment, monkey business (8) 6 Dramatist Neil and singer Paul (5) 7 A type of TV show (5...17 Skin infection with crusty yellow sores (8) 18 African-American comedy actor (6) 20 Supports, helps (7) 22 Tricky...
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Solutions Unworthy of the Problems We Face

Newspaper article by Sol Sanders; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), December 12, 2011

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Presidential elections--Economic aspects, Presidential elections--Forecasts and trends, Presidents--Economic aspects, Presidents--Elections, Presidents--Forecasts and trends, United States economic conditions--Forecasts and trends

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...in all things, said the North African Roman dramatist Publius Terentius Afer, better...received general acceptance. American voters confront a dilemma heading...inspire hope when the morale of the American people was at its lowest. The...
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Goethe's Faust Takes a Devilishly Delightful Jaunt to Africa: 3-Day Show Opens KenCen Festival Featuring Continent's Drama, Music, and Dance

Newspaper article by Patrick Butters; The Washington Times, March 30, 1997

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Africa

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...mission is to support American performing arts and...nation exhibit of African textiles, on loan from...16th-century English dramatist Christopher Marlowe...European work to the African experience. Growing up as a white South African, the director drew...twists on Goethe. South Africans appreciated the unifying...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: african american dramatist

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Drama, Western

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...19th-century Russian dramatists: Nikolai Gogol , A...plays of Edward Albee (American). The pessimism and...trilogy; and in such American plays as Jason Millers...imitators), explored American culture with a kind...drama by and about African Americans emerged as a significant...
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English Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...speakers elsewhere, see American literature ; Australian...literature ; and South African literature . The Tudors...Marlowe , the greatest dramatist of the group. Focusing...regarded as the greatest dramatist and one of the greatest...Puritan imaginings. Such dramatists as Sir George Etherege...Eliot was born an American, and Conrad was Polish...

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