The Theatre of Black Americans

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The Theatre of Black Americans is written by Errol Hill and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1476841578 (ISBN 10) and 9781476841571 (ISBN 13).

(Applause Books). From the origins of the Negro spiritual and the birth of the Harlem Renaissance to the emergence of a national black theatre movement, The Theatre of Black Americans offers a penetrating look at a black art form that has exploded into an American cultural institution. Among the essays: James Hatch Some African Influences on the Afro-American Theatre; Shelby Steele Notes on Ritual in the New Black Theatre; Sister M. Francesca Thompson OSF The Lafayette Players; Ronald Ross The Role of Blacks in the Federal Theatre.