Lost Plays of the Harlem Renaissance, 1920-1940.

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator: Hamalian, Leo.
Other Authors / Creators:Hatch, James V.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint: Detroit : Wayne State University Press, 1996.
Series:African American Life Series
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Local Note:Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half_title
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • THE LOST TREASURES
  • WHO ARE WE?
  • INFLUENCES OF WHITE ON BLACK
  • THE BEGINNINGS OF SOCIAL DRAMA AND THE FOLK PLAY
  • WHITE PLAYWRIGHTS AND CRITICS
  • THE NEGRO PAGEANT
  • THE LITTLE THEATRE MOVEMENT IN BLACK
  • THE PLAYWRIGHTS, THE SOCIAL ISSUES
  • THE ANTI-LYNCHING PLAYS
  • NOTES
  • JOSEPH SEAMON COTTER, JR. (1895-1919)
  • REFERENCES
  • ON THE FIELDS OF FRANCE
  • CAST
  • WILLIS RICHARDSON (1889-1977)
  • NOTE
  • REFERENCES
  • A PILLAR OF THE CHURCH
  • CAST
  • GEORGE S. SCHUYLER (1895-1977)
  • REFERENCES
  • THE YELLOW PERIL
  • CAST
  • ALVIRA HAZZARD (1899-1953)
  • MOTHER LIKED IT
  • CAST
  • JOSEPH S. MITCHELL (1891-195?)
  • REFERENCES
  • SON-BOY
  • CAST
  • RALF M. COLEMAN (1898-197?)
  • THE GIRL FROM BACK HOME
  • CAST
  • JOHN FREDERICK MATHEUS (1887-1982)
  • REFERENCES
  • BLACK DAMP
  • CAST
  • ANDREW M. BURRIS (1898-C.1977)
  • YOU MUS' BE BO'N AG'IN
  • CAST
  • ACT ONE
  • SCENE 1
  • SCENE 2
  • ACT TWO
  • ACT THREE
  • MERCEDES GILBERT (18??-1952)
  • REFERENCES
  • ENVIRONMENT
  • CAST
  • SCENES
  • ACT 1
  • ACT 2
  • ACT 3
  • ACT I
  • SCENE 1
  • ACT II
  • SCENE 1
  • ACT II
  • SCENE 2
  • ACT III
  • SCENE 1
  • FRANCIS HALL JOHNSON (1888-1970)
  • REFERENCES
  • RUN LITTLE CHILLUN
  • SYNOPSIS OF SCENES
  • ACT ONE
  • ACT TWO
  • CAST
  • ACT I
  • SCENE 1
  • ACT I
  • SCENE 2
  • ACT II
  • SCENE 1
  • ACT II
  • SCENE 2
  • CONRAD SEILER
  • REFERENCES
  • DARKER BROTHER
  • CAST
  • SCENES
  • SCENE 1
  • SCENE 2
  • SCENE 3
  • SCENE 4
  • SCENE 5
  • SCENE 6
  • SCENE 7
  • SCENE 8
  • SCENE 9
  • SCENE 10
  • LANGSTON HUGHES (1902-1967)
  • NOTES
  • REFERENCES
  • SCARLET SISTER BARRY
  • CAST
  • YOUNG BLACK JOE
  • CAST
  • THE ORGANIZER
  • CAST
  • THE EM-FUEHRER JONES
  • CAST
  • SHIRLEY GRAHAM (1896-1977)
  • NOTE
  • REFERENCES
  • TRACK THIRTEEN
  • CAST.
  • APPENDIX:DOCUMENTS RELEVANT TO THE LOST PLAYS OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE
  • INTRODUCTORY NOTE
  • 1. THE NEGRO IN ART:How SHALL H E BE PORTRAYED?
  • 2. WHAT ARE WE, NEGROES OR AMERICANS?
  • ORIGIN
  • SCIENTIFIC USE
  • PRESENT STATUS
  • AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION
  • WHEN IS A NEGRO A NEGRO?
  • 3. WHAT ARE WE?
  • 4. THE NEGRO-ART HOKUM
  • 5. THE NEGRO ARTIST AND THE RACIAL MOUNTAIN
  • 6. THE NEGRO WOMAN AND THE BALLOT
  • 7. THE NEGRO WOMAN IN THE PROFESSIONS
  • 8. THE NEGRO WORKING WOMAN: WHAT SHE FACES IN MAKING
  • 9. "RACHEL" THE PLAY OF THE MONTH: THE REASON AND SYNOPSIS
  • 10. PRESCRIPTION FOR THE NEGRO THEATRE
  • 11. THE NEGRO IN DRAMATIC ART
  • 12. THE HOPE OF A NEGRO DRAMA
  • 13. STEPS TOWARD THE NEGRO THEATRE
  • 14. RRIGWA PLAYERS LITTLE NEGRO THEATRE: THE STORY OF A LITTLE THEATRE MOVEMENT
  • KRIGWA PLAYERS
  • 16. PAYING FOR PLAYS
  • 17. MAIN PROBLEMS OF THE NEGRO THEATER
  • 18. VARIATION 0137 OF MONOLOGUE NO. 8
  • THE SPENCE FAMILY PASSES IN REVIEW
  • 19. NEGRO ART PLAYERS IN HARLEM
  • 20. A CRITICISM OF THE NEGRO DRAMA As IT RELATES TO THE NEGRO DRAMATIST AND ARTIST
  • BackCover.