Traces the development of black theater in America by examining the work of the theater's five most productive playwrights: Willis Richardson, Randolph Edmonds, Langston Hughes, LeRoi Jones, and Ed Bullins.
But someday somebody'll Stand up and talk about me - Black and beautiful - And sing about me. And put on plays about me! I reckon it'll be Me myself! Yes, it'll be me. Langston Hughes is least known for his theatrical endeavors, yet his attention to the theater was lifelong. His love of the stage began in childhood, and from the late 1920s on he ...
Although Langston Hughes had a lifelong engagement in theatre and other performance arts, his work in this area is the least known of his rich and complex contributions to African American expressive culture. This volume focuses on Hughes's plays after 1942, along with all of his other work written for performance, including operas, musicals, ...
Throughout the Americas the poetry written by Black women poets has been greatly neglected. In Canada, where Black people have lived for many generations, there is a small body of literature that speaks of their presence. Over the last fifteen years, the voices of Black poets were being heard. In this second anthology of Black women poets we ...
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