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Contemporary African American Female Playwrights: An Annotated Bibliography

Book by Dana A. Williams; Greenwood Press, 1998

Subjects:

African Americans In Literature--Bibliography, American Drama--20th Century--Bibliography, American Drama--20th Century--History And Criticism--Bibliography, American Drama--African American Authors--Bibliography, American Drama--African American Authors--History And Criticism--Bibliography, American Drama--Women Authors--Bibliography, American Drama--Women Authors--History And Criticism--Bibliography, Women And Literature--United States--History--20th Century--Bibliography

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...ALICE. Author, actress, playwright, director, and lecturer...Carolina. She was a member of the American Negro Theatre for ten years...Notably, Childress is the only African American female Playwright whose dramas have been written...
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Contemporary Black American Playwrights and Their Plays: A Biographical Directory and Dramatic Index

Book by Bernard L. Peterson Jr.; Greenwood Press, 1988

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African American Dramatists--Biography--Dictionaries, African Americans In Literature--Bibliography, American Drama--20th Century--Bio-Bibliography--Dictionaries, American Drama--African American Authors--Bio-Bibliography--Dictionaries, Dramatists, American--20th Century--Biography--Dictionaries

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Theatre Centers National Playwrights Conf. Heaven Must...Owens 1948- , Poet-playwright, teacher, and theatrical...early 1970s. Resident playwright, New African Co. of Boston, 1969...71; director of playwrights workshops, National Center of Afro-American Artists, Boston...
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The New York Public Library African American Desk Reference

Book by Schomburg Centerfor Research in Black Culture; John Wiley & Sons, 1999

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African Americans--Encyclopedias, African Americans--History--Encyclopedias

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Star, aided other African American writers...Award-winning playwright known for her poetic...a number of African American schools and a champion...distinctive voices in American literature. Reed is...First African American playwright to have...everyday lives of African Americans, include The Deacons...
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African-American Performance and Theater History: A Critical Reader

Book by Harry J. Elam Jr., David Krasner; Oxford University Press, 2001

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African American Theater, American Drama--African American Authors--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...the move of many African Americans from the North...by the African American expatriate tradition...Since African American artistic expatriation...pattern of African Americans continuous migration...fact of African American writers movement...African American playwrights should also consider...African American playwright whose work demands...
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Medical Anthropology and African American Health

Book by Eric J. Bailey; Bergin & Garvey, 2000

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African Americans--Health And Hygiene--Social Aspects, African Americans--Medical Care--Social Aspects, Health And Race--Social Aspects, Medical Anthropology

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...services for an African American community in a...number of African American health care and...traditional African American media; and 3. educating African Americans in a style and...approach. The playwright was an African...

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Journal Articles on: african american playwright

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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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...metaphor for the African American womans experience...American playwright Sonia Sanchez...American women playwrights that the...in these playwrights struggle to shape African American women playwrights...as African Americans and as women...throughout African American history...
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Telling the Truth: Alice Childress as Theorist and Playwright

Journal article by Olga Dugan; The Journal of African American History, 2002

Subjects:

African American women--Criticism, interpretation, etc., American drama--Evaluation, American drama--History, American drama--Social aspects, Authors, American--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Childress, Alice--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: History, Entire Library

...career as a playwright. As Samuel Hay writes in African American Theatre...decades. The playwrights primary goal...the black playwright according...which black playwrights can make the African American people subject...determination" among African Americans in general...of African American Resistance...Dugan is a playwright and Assistant...
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Early Black Women Playwrights and the Dual Liberation Motif

Journal article by Will Harris; African American Review, Vol. 28, 1994

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African American women authors--Criticism, interpretation, etc., American literature--African American authors, Drama--Stories, plots, etc.

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...substantive, independent African American female presences...these budding women playwrights offered the clearest...183). Black women playwrights participation in...putting black women playwrights to work for the racial...was the first black playwright to scrap limiting...produced by African Americans in this century...
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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

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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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...most prolific African American playwrights to that point...Charles Bruce." African Times and Orient...2005. "Pan-African Conference...Early Black American Playwrights and Dramatic...5. "Race Playwright." Chicago...
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"This Thing Called Playwrighting": An Interview with Sonia Sanchez on the Art of Her Drama

Journal article by Jacqueline Wood; African American Review, Vol. 39, 2005

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African American dramatists, African American playwrights, Sanchez, Sonia

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...development of an African American female...innovative playwright. Sanchezs...in African American theater were...as militant playwrights of the period...many African Americans the rallying...vision of urban African Americans fleeing the...resurgent African American interest in...of African Americans maneuvering...character, the playwright insists on...

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Magazine Articles on: african american playwright

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Aunt Ester's Children: A Century on Stage; This Essay, Which Serves as the Preface to King Hedley II (TCG Books), Was Written in the Spring of 2000, before the Playwright Had Begun the Final Two Plays in His 20th-Century Cycle. It First Appeared in the New York Times (April 23, 2000)

Magazine article by August Wilson; American Theatre, Vol. 22, November 2005

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African American dramatists--Works, African American playwrights--Works, African American theater--Criticism and interpretation

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...playwright, I am an African American. The tributary streams...As an African-American playwright, I have many forebears...cultural values of black Americans to a level equal to...failures, as well as the playwrights down through the ages...particulars of black American culture as the transformation...
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Remix to Ignition: Hot, Fresh and out of the Kitchen (Sink)! A Chicago Festival Gives Playwrights of Color under 40 New Avenues for Productions

Magazine article by Eliza Bent; American Theatre, Vol. 27, February 2010

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African American dramatists--Works, African American playwrights--Works, Chicago, Illinois--Fairs and festivals, Theater--Fairs and festivals

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...younger, ethnically diverse playwrights. Two years later, Ignition, a festival dedicated to playwrights of color under 40, was...of readings to follow. Playwright OyamO kicked off the festival...festival, the work of the playwrights gained visibility. For...Edgerton Foundation New American Play Award spiked interest...
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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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...as one of the most outstanding American playwrights. Yet being considered a leading...things within the context of black American life. "I simply look at a particular...illustrate those flash points of American history and cultural history...
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Alien Nation: An Interview with the Playwright

Magazine article by Michele Pearce; American Theatre, Vol. 11, March 1994

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African American women authors--Interviews, Parks, Suzan-Lori--Interviews, Women dramatists--Interviews

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Alien nation: an interview with the playwright by Michele Pearce Is this a play about Lincoln? No, its...should be like this guy (picking up a volume of Joyce). Playwrights should get tough and write literature instead of just writing...
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Something to Die For: An Interview with the Playwright by Jessica Werner

Magazine article by Jessica Werner; American Theatre, Vol. 15, February 1998

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African American authors--Interviews, African American gays--Portrayals, depictions, etc., O'Hara, Robert--Interviews, Slavery--Portrayals, depictions, etc.

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...die for: an interview with the playwright by Jessica Werner by Jessica Werner...writing as a commission for the American Conservatory Theatre, is about...publications associate at San Franciscos American Conservatory Theatre.

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Newspaper Articles on: african american playwright

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Beaty's 'Resurrection'; Playwright Shows Black Men's Trouble

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 11, 2008

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African Americans, Arena Stage (Theater group)

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

Beatys Resurrection; Playwright Shows Black Mens Trouble. Byline: Jenny Mayo, THE WASHINGTON...man show that focused heavily on the importance of black Americans maintaining connections with their past. Now hes back...carefully chosen plot twists and revelations. Some of the playwrights greatest strengths are his rhythm and wordplay. Its not...
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THEATRE OF BIG IDEAS; the Tricycle's Not Black and White Season Aims to Take the Temperature of Multicultural London, Artistic Director Nicolas Kent Tells Veronica Lee. below, the Three Playwrights Involved Reveal Their Inspiration

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), September 29, 2009

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African Americans, Theater

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

...Tells Veronica Lee. below, the Three Playwrights Involved Reveal Their Inspiration...be good to take three leading black playwrights to open up the debate. Kwame and roy...he put on a trilogy of work by black American writers; earlier this year, he contrived...
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American Revolutions

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), September 7, 2010

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Elizabethan drama, Shakespeare, William (English playwright)

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

American Revolutions. Byline: The...breathtakingly ambitious program called American Revolutions: The United States...about critical moments in American history. In a recent interview...account to a history book of how African-American nurse Viola Pettus...
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FUGARD'S NEW SONG: Apartheid Is Gone, So South Africa's Dissident Playwright Feels Free to Give Apolitical Issues a Try

Newspaper article by Nelson Pressley; The Washington Times, May 18, 1997

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South Africa

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

...South Africas dissident playwright feels free to give...fire from the South African government for their...constantly badgered by South African officials. He even...nightmare" began with the American run of "Master Harold...fissures he sees in the African National Congress...wonders about black South Africans growing impatience...
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'New U' Playwright Fires off a Spark of Genius

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, February 24, 2006

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

New U Playwright Fires off a Spark of...Freeman, 35, now a playwright. Tomorrow night...The Untold Stories of African-Americans Forging Their Own Paths...including the Council for African-American Affairs, ROOTS Inc...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: african american playwright

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Baraka, Amiri

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...amere b ra k , 1934 , American poet, playwright, and political activist...of mainstream white American society. His volumes...Confirmation: An Anthology of African-American Women...intensely involved with the African-American community...
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Wilson, August

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...AUGUST 1945 2005, American playwright and poet, b. Pittsburgh...brought about by racist American society. Wilsons plays...struggles and identity of African Americans and the deleterious effect of white American institutions on black...
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National Parks and Monuments

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...4) Home of African-American bank president...internment of Japanese Americans. See relocation...established by African Americans during Reconstruction...largest Native American settlement in...commemorating the African-American Tuskegee Airmen...training of African Americans; founded in 1881...
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Drama, Western

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...drama by and about African Americans emerged as a significant...explored black American life; writers including...prolific of the centurys African-American playwrights, August Wilson...define the black American experience in his...
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English Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...elsewhere, see American literature...and South African literature...Dryden began as a playwright but became the...was born an American, and Conrad...watershed in both American and English...novelists and playwrights of the 1950s...novelist and playwright Samuel Beckett...

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