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The First Black Actors on the Great White Way

Susan Curtis

出版	University of Missouri Press, 1998
主題	Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / GeneralBiography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / African American & BlackBiography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing ArtsPerforming Arts / Theater / GeneralPerforming Arts / Theater / History & CriticismSocial Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies
ISBN	082621195X9780826211958
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=EVwdAQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

On April 5, 1917, Three Plays for a Negro Theater by Ridgely Torrence opened at the Garden Theatre in New York City. This performance was a monumental event in American stage history. Not only was this the first dramatic production to portray African American life beyond the cliche, it was also the first production on Broadway to feature an all-black cast. The morning after the three plays were performed, newspapers were filled with praise for the cast, crew, and playwright. Despite such early critical acclaim, Three Plays for a Negro Theater closed before the end of the month and received little attention thereafter. Why was a nation, so fascinated with firsts, able to forget these black actors and this production so quickly? It is this question that Susan Curtis addresses in The First Black Actors on the Great White Way.