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The First Black Actors on the Great White Way
Susan Curtis
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Description for The First Black Actors on the Great White Way
paperback. Three Plays for the Negro Theater by Ridgely Torrence was the first production on Broadway to feature an all black cast. Despite early critical acclaim the show closed within a month and received little attention thereafter. Curtis explores both the progress of race relations that led to this production and the reasons for its quick demise. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; AN; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 467.
Set against the backdrop of transforming theatre conventions in the early 1900s and US entry into World War I in 1917, this book relates the stories of the actors, stage artists, critics and many others - black and white - involved in the groundbreaking production of ""Three Plays for a Negro Theatre"". Curtis explores in great depth both the progress in race relations that led to this production and the multi-faceted reasons for its quick demise. She also investigates the heightened national self-consciousness that followed the United States' entry into the war. By focusing on a single event at a ... Read more
Set against the backdrop of transforming theatre conventions in the early 1900s and US entry into World War I in 1917, this book relates the stories of the actors, stage artists, critics and many others - black and white - involved in the groundbreaking production of ""Three Plays for a Negro Theatre"". Curtis explores in great depth both the progress in race relations that led to this production and the multi-faceted reasons for its quick demise. She also investigates the heightened national self-consciousness that followed the United States' entry into the war. By focusing on a single event at a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Missouri United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Missouri, United States
ISBN
9780826213303
SKU
V9780826213303
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About Susan Curtis
Susan Curtis is Professor of History and Chair of the American Studies Program at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. She is the author of the acclaimed biography Dancing to a Black Man's Tune: A Life of Scott Joplin (University of Missouri Press).
Reviews for The First Black Actors on the Great White Way
Curtis has made a major contribution to our understanding of theater history.... The resulting text is an excellent example of how history, theater, and cultural studies can be brought together to offer a fascinating story of people whose contribution is now being given the credit it deserves. - Library Journal ""This is a stylishly written, popularly accessible, and deeply thoughtful ... Read more