The First Black Actors on the Great White Way

Erscheinungsjahr 2001
ISBN: 978-0-8262-1330-3
Verlag: UNIV OF MISSOURI PR

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 467 g

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 critical moment in history, ""The First Black Actors on the Great White Way"" offers a glimpse into race relations in early 20th-century American society.

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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).