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Books on: african american playwrights

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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

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...mentions of these playwrights. 42. Olauson Judith. American Women Playwrights...information on contemporary African American playwrights...bibliographical information for African American writers...following contemporary African American female playwrights...
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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

...New York, 98 Negro Playwrights Company, 148 , 479...Nesbitt, Lynn, 352 New African Company of Boston, 364 , 365 New Black Playwrights, 288 New Bowery Theatre...368 , 384 , 499 ; playwright-in-residence, 82 , 484 ; Playwrights Workshop, 125 , 167...Theatre School, Black American Theatre Company...
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American Women Playwrights, 1900-1950

Book by Yvonne Shafer; Peter Lang, 1997

Subjects:

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

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...obvious qualities of the group of playwrights discussed above is the great...most obvious in the case of African-American women playwrights. Describing...Johnson, Marita Bonner and other African-American playwrights, Doris Abramson...
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Contemporary American Playwrights

Book by Christopher Bigsby; Cambridge University Press, 2000

Subjects:

American Drama--20th Century--History And Criticism, Theater--United States--History--20th Century

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...than confronting and embracing the vital spectrum of African-American dramatists. We import our political plays about...confirmed her status as one of the most original playwrights to emerge in the 1980s and 1990s, though she had...
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Contemporary Gay American Poets and Playwrights: An A-To-Z Guide

Book by Emmanuel S. Nelson; Greenwood Press, 2003

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American Literature--20th Century--Bio-Bibliography--Dictionaries, American Literature--Male Authors--Bio-Bibliography--Dictionaries, Dramatists, American--20th Century--Biography--Dictionaries, Gay Men's Writings, American--Bio-Bibliography--Dictionaries, Gay Men--United States--Biography--Dictionaries, Poets, American--20th Century--Biography--Dictionaries

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Metaphor: Contemporary Afro-American Theater . By Genevieve Fabre...Geography and Identity in Afro-American Literature . Urbana: U of...Memory. History and Memory in African-American Culture . Ed. Genevieve...Calvin. Writing from the African Diaspora. Rev. of Trouble...

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Journal Articles on: african american playwrights

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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

Subjects:

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

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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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Philip C. Kolin, Ed. the Influence of Tennessee Williams: Essays on Fifteen American Playwrights

Journal article by Michael Paller; Comparative Drama, Vol. 43, 2009

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Books--Book reviews, The Influence of Tennessee Williams: Essays on Fifteen American Playwrights (Essay collection)--Book reviews

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...Essays on Fifteen American Playwrights. by Michael Paller...Fifteen American Playwrights. Jefferson...enquiry into a playwright who is most associated...similarities (both playwrights eschew naturalism...this formidable African-American writer directly...white American playwright on three prominent...
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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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Magazine Articles on: african american playwrights

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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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Rick Shiomi Carving a Space: A Playwright-Turned-Artistic Director Fosters Asian-American Theatre in the Heart of the Prairie

Magazine article by Sarah Lemanczyk; American Theatre, Vol. 26, January 2009

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Artistic directors--Evaluation, Dramatists--Evaluation, Playwrights--Evaluation, Shiomi, Rick--Evaluation

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...others, altered the American stage and opened the...hundreds of talented African-American actors and writers to...SHIOMI viewed Asian-American theatre as a genre with...sense that as Asian Americans gained more recognition...
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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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Glamming It Up with Taylor Mac; A Drag Performer and Playwright Fiercely Embodies His Own Speculations about Beauty and Imperfection

Magazine article by Caridad Svich; American Theatre, Vol. 25, November 2008

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Dramatists, Mac, Taylor, Playwrights

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...by drag artists and playwrights working in the realm...not consider me a playwright--they have their...its a play if the playwright says its a play...you define success) playwrights working in America...entirely straight and African American. One of the reasons...

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Newspaper Articles on: african american playwrights

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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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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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Forever Young Playwrights Festival Gives Talented High Schoolers a Chance

Newspaper article by Scott C. Morgan; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 6, 2006

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

Forever Young Playwrights Festival Gives Talented...The 20th Annual Young Playwrights Festival" Location...held an Annual Young Playwrights Festival for the past...largely Latina and African-American all-girls Catholic...
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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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'ENDS' Is More Than That for Playwright from Hoffman Estates

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), September 17, 2004

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ENDS Is More Than That for Playwright from Hoffman Estates. Byline...but really the recognition as a playwright is more important," Alex said...eventually won an award at the African American Theatre Festival in Louisville...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: african american playwrights

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American Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...English and Continental playwrights. A few popular plays...Winkle were based on American fiction; others were...elections. Post Vietnam War American literature has called...attitudes in contemporary American society. The literature...encompasses the work of African-American (e.g...
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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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Mask

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...Africa; the wooden masks of the Native Americans of NW North America, which sometimes...the works of the German expressionist playwrights and in Eugene ONeills plays The Great...used in certain athletic events. See African art ; North American Native art ; masque . See R. Sieber...
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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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