A History of African American Theatre

by Errol G. Hill, James V. Hatch, Errol Hill, et al.

Book Overview

This is the first definitive history of African-American theatre. The text embraces a wide geography investigating companies from coast to coast as well as the anglophone Caribbean and African-American companies touring Europe, Australia, and Africa. This history represents a catholicity of styles - from African ritual born out of slavery to European forms, from amateur to professional. It covers nearly two and a half centuries of black performance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052162472X
• ISBN13: 9780521624725
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 634 Pages
• Weight: 2.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.9" x 9.0"