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Books on: black playwrights

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Contemporary Black and Asian Women Playwrights in Britain

Book by Gabriele Griffin; Cambridge University Press, 2003

Subjects:

Asians In Literature, Asians--Great Britain--Intellectual Life, English Drama--20th Century--History And Criticism, English Drama--21st Century--History And Criticism, English Drama--Asian Authors--History And Criticism, English Drama--Black Authors--History And Criticism, English Drama--Women Authors--History And Criticism, Feminism And Literature--Great Britain, Feminist Drama, English--History And Criticism, Women And Literature--Great Britain, Women, Black, In Literature, Women, Black--Great Britain--Intellectual Life

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...Introduction I Yvonne Brewsters introduction to Black Plays, vol. 2, provides details of the rise of Black playwrights prior to the i98os. How- ever, it is...of histories of migration, with many black men preceding womens migration into the...
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Their Place on the Stage: Black Women Playwrights in America

Book by Elizabeth Brown-Guillory; Praeger, 1990

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

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relegation of blacks to the musical...dramatic stage. Both black and white playwrights selected musicals...musicals featuring blacks were produced...writing by and about blacks. 16 Early black women playwrights offer much to American...
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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

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...Gerald Thomas. "The Black Theatre Movement...The American Negro Playwright, 1920-1964." Ph...Dramas by Black American Playwrights Produced on the New...Fortune to Five on the Black Hand Side ." Ph...Characterization of Blacks in the Theatre of the...Ogunbiyi Yemi. "New Black Playwrights in America 1960-1975...
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Contemporary African American Female Playwrights: An Annotated Bibliography

Book by Dana A. Williams; Greenwood Press, 1998

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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

...Musicals, 1770-1970 , B29 Black Playwrights, 1823-1977: An Annotated Bibliography , B30 Black Scenes , A17 Black Sparrow...American Women , A4 Contemporary Black American Playwrights And Their Plays: A Bibliographical...
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American Women Playwrights, 1900-1950

Book by Yvonne Shafer; Peter Lang, 1997

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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

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...through the eyes of women playwrights will be presented. It is...seen through the eyes of a black female. As Brown-Guillory states, "Early black women playwrights offer much...instrumental in paving a way for black playwrights between the 1950s...

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Journal Articles on: black playwrights

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Gabrielle Griffin. Contemporary Black and Asian Women Playwrights in Britain

Journal article by Sara Freeman; Comparative Drama, Vol. 39, 2005

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Books--Book reviews, Contemporary Black and Asian Women Playwrights in Britain (Book)--Book reviews

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...Gabrielle Griffin. Contemporary Black and Asian Women Playwrights in Britain. by Sara Freeman Gabrielle Griffin. Contemporary Black and Asian Women Playwrights in...Gabrielle Griffins Contemporary Black and Asian Women Playwrights in...
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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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...time in putting black women playwrights to work for the...the first black playwright to scrap limiting...vision of early black women playwrights may be described...the patronage of blacks in New York...McKay, Nellie. "Black Theater and Drama...Black Women Playwrights of the Harlem...Weld Grimke: Playwright and Poet." CLA...
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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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...The French playwright and director...the National Black Theater Festival...essential that playwrights include healing...Comments by Six Black Playwrights. Garden City...Vision: Two Black Women Playwrights." Bryant...
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The Book of the Play: Playwrights, Stationers, and Readers in Early Modern England

Journal article by Kirk Melnikoff; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 60, 2007

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Books--Book reviews, The Book of the Play: Playwrights, Stationers, and Readers in Early Modern England (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

The Book of the Play: Playwrights, Stationers, and Readers...The Book of the Play: Playwrights, Stationers, and Readers...describing how early modern playwrights and publishers generally...Popularity and The Meanings of Black Letter." Questioning previous...print cultures authorizing playwright (a la Jonson) losing its...
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The Book of the Play: Playwrights, Stationers, and Readers in Early Modern England

Journal article by Charles Whitney; CLIO, Vol. 37, 2007

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Books--Book reviews, The Book of the Play: Playwrights, Stationers, and Readers in Early Modern England (Book)--Book reviews

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The Book of the Play: Playwrights, Stationers, and Readers in Early Modern England. by Charles Whitney...Typographic Nostalgia: Play-Reading, Popularity, and the Meaning of Black Letter," overturns received ideas about the significance of black...

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Magazine Articles on: black playwrights

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Playwright J.e. Franklin

Magazine article by Rhett S; Black Masks, Vol. 16, December 31, 2003

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African Americans, Black culture, Blacks, Culture, Entertainment, Fine arts, Minority & ethnic groups, Personal profiles, Theater

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...Providence, Rhode Island as a playwright-in-residence, she was...acclaimed award-winning playwright. Born in Houston, Texas...her autobiographical play, Black Girl, by New Federal Theatre...Award as the most promising playwright for 1971-72 when the play...to students, colleagues, playwrights, and members of the Greater...
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Black Women Playwrights' Group

Magazine article; American Theatre, Vol. 26, July 2009

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Black Women Playwrights Group. * D.C.s Black Women Playwrights Group was honored by the African-American Playwrights Exchange (AAPEX).
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A Conversation with the Playwright: `labels Never Work'

Magazine article by B. Denise Hawkins; Black Issues in Higher Education, Vol. 12, March 9, 1995

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Civil law, Civil rights, Entertainment, Fine arts, Human relations, Human rights, Interpersonal communication, Jennings, Caleen Sinnette, Law, Personal relationships, Prejudice, Theater, Washington, DC

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A Conversation with the Playwright: `labels Never Work by B...with the schools handful of Black students and, who, in so...agenda may not be the young Black students agenda at all. Ive had Black students tell me theyre hard...
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Un-American Beauties: With Broadway Theatres Afraid to Mention Child-Killers, Politics, Aids or 9/11, Radical Playwrights from the US Are Flocking to Soho, Battersea and Edinburgh

Magazine article by Emma John; New Statesman, Vol. 135, August 7, 2006

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Drama--Political aspects, Dramatists--Works, Plays--Political aspects, Playwrights--Works, United States--Cultural policy, United States--Political aspects

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...one of the most talented playwrights to emerge in the past decade...wonder how many other American playwrights just stop." Shinn, who...Because not every American playwright is going to get their work...system itself which, the playwrights argue, is causing the problem...in London. Ironically, black playwrights are the only...
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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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...industry would not consider me a playwright--they have their understanding...Wilson that its a play if the playwright says its a play. I associate...there because they were young black women. I asked what brought...consider that Tyler Perry, a black drag-artist, has been...how you define success) playwrights working in America, and...

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Newspaper Articles on: black playwrights

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THIS IS THE BLACK CHEKHOV; American Playwright August Wilson Made the Black Experience Universal, Adjoa Andoh, Star of His Latest Young Vic Revival, Tells Nick Curtis

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), June 2, 2010

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Andoh, Adjoa

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

THIS IS THE BLACK CHEKHOV; American Playwright August Wilson Made the Black...the Almeida. But we need more black playwrights and television commissioning...cycle set in Pittsburgh about the black American experience, post...
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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

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...BIG IDEAS; the Tricycles Not Black and White Season Aims to Take...Veronica Lee. below, the Three Playwrights Involved Reveal Their Inspiration...theatres new trilogy, Not Black and White, as a "stock...yet we seem to have very few black people involved in the governance...
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London's New Battleground; Dramatic Entry: The First British-Born Black Playwright to Be Staged in the West End, Kwame Kwei-Armah Says the Country Now Needs a Black Actor to Become a Household Name

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), January 15, 2008

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Actors, Actresses

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...Entry: The First British-Born Black Playwright to Be Staged in the West End, Kwame...Armah Says the Country Now Needs a Black Actor to Become a Household Name...was the first by a British-born black dramatist to be stagedin the West...
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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)

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Beatys Resurrection; Playwright Shows Black Mens Trouble. Byline...Urban Leagues 2007 state of black America report, Portrait of the Black Male, "Resurrection...revelations. Some of the playwrights greatest strengths are his...
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Arts & Entertainment: Seeing Black and White through the Eyes of Two Soccer Fans; Playwright Clifford Oliver Talks to Terry Grimley about the Final Instalment of His Trilogy of Plays about Racism and Football

Newspaper article by Terry Grimley; The Birmingham Post (England), February 14, 2000

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...Arts Entertainment: Seeing Black and White through the Eyes of Two Soccer Fans; Playwright Clifford Oliver Talks to...most of it is between a black and a white fan. The question...Oliver has made the black fan an Aston Villa supporter...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: black playwrights

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Fugard, Athol

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...Lanigan Fugard)atol fyoo gard, foo , 1932 , South African playwright, actor, and director. In 1965 he became director of the...Towns Space Experimental Theatre. One of the first white playwrights to collaborate with black actors and workers, Fugard writes of the frustrations of...
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Comedy

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...the romantic comic fantasy of such playwrights as James M. Barrie and Jean Giraudoux...and Samuel Beckett and the so-called black comedy, often concerning topics like racism, sexual perversion, and murder, of playwrights such as Joe Orton , Harold Pinter , and...
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Drama, Western

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...In Spain the two leading Renaissance playwrights were Lope de Vega and Pedro Calderon...French neoclassicists and the Restoration playwrights in England. Jean Racine brought clarity...tragic hero to the English stage. Such playwrights as Sir Richard Steele and Colley Cibber...
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American Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...the works of English and Continental playwrights. A few popular plays such as Uncle...Broadway" theater. One of the new playwrights who gained special notice at the time...attracted attention in the 1990s. Important playwrights of recent decades who have imbued the...

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