The Resource Radical Black theatre in the New Deal, Kate Dossett
Radical Black theatre in the New Deal, Kate Dossett
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- Summary
- "Between 1935 and 1939, the United States government paid out-of-work artists to write, act, and stage theatre as part of the Federal Theatre Project (FTP), a New Deal job relief program. In segregated 'Negro Units' set up under the FTP, African American artists took on theatre work usually reserved for whites, staged black versions of 'white' classics, and developed radical new dramas. In this fresh history of the FTP Negro Units, Kate Dossett examines what she calls the black performance community-a broad network of actors, dramatists, audiences, critics, and community activists-who made and remade black theatre manuscripts for the Negro Units and other theatre companies from New York to Seattle"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xv, 338 pages
- Contents
-
- Leaping for freedom : black theatre manuscripts and black performance communities
- Our actors may become our emancipators : race and realism in Stevedore
- They love to watch us dance : exposing the mask in black living newspapers
- Wrestling with heroes : John Henry and Bigger Thomas from page to stage
- Garveyism : communism : gender trouble : Theodore Ward's Big white fog
- Free at lass! : plays that turn out well for Harlem
- Making space
- Appendix : Black federal theatre manuscripts
- Isbn
- 9781469654423
- Label
- Radical Black theatre in the New Deal
- Title
- Radical Black theatre in the New Deal
- Statement of responsibility
- Kate Dossett
- Subject
-
- African American theater
- African American theater -- History -- 20th century
- African American theater -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Federal Theatre Project (U.S.)
- Federal Theatre Project (U.S.)
- Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) -- History
- History
- History
- United States
- United States
- 1900-1999
- African American theater
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Between 1935 and 1939, the United States government paid out-of-work artists to write, act, and stage theatre as part of the Federal Theatre Project (FTP), a New Deal job relief program. In segregated 'Negro Units' set up under the FTP, African American artists took on theatre work usually reserved for whites, staged black versions of 'white' classics, and developed radical new dramas. In this fresh history of the FTP Negro Units, Kate Dossett examines what she calls the black performance community-a broad network of actors, dramatists, audiences, critics, and community activists-who made and remade black theatre manuscripts for the Negro Units and other theatre companies from New York to Seattle"--
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- Dossett, Kate
- Dewey number
- 792.089/96073
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PN2270.A35
- LC item number
- D67 2020
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Federal Theatre Project (U.S.)
- African American theater
- Federal Theatre Project (U.S.)
- African American theater
- United States
- Label
- Radical Black theatre in the New Deal, Kate Dossett
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
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- Contents
- Leaping for freedom : black theatre manuscripts and black performance communities -- Our actors may become our emancipators : race and realism in Stevedore -- They love to watch us dance : exposing the mask in black living newspapers -- Wrestling with heroes : John Henry and Bigger Thomas from page to stage -- Garveyism : communism : gender trouble : Theodore Ward's Big white fog -- Free at lass! : plays that turn out well for Harlem -- Making space -- Appendix : Black federal theatre manuscripts
- Control code
- 1119471434
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- xv, 338 pages
- Isbn
- 9781469654423
- Lccn
- 2019053418
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1119471434
- Label
- Radical Black theatre in the New Deal, Kate Dossett
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Leaping for freedom : black theatre manuscripts and black performance communities -- Our actors may become our emancipators : race and realism in Stevedore -- They love to watch us dance : exposing the mask in black living newspapers -- Wrestling with heroes : John Henry and Bigger Thomas from page to stage -- Garveyism : communism : gender trouble : Theodore Ward's Big white fog -- Free at lass! : plays that turn out well for Harlem -- Making space -- Appendix : Black federal theatre manuscripts
- Control code
- 1119471434
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- xv, 338 pages
- Isbn
- 9781469654423
- Lccn
- 2019053418
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1119471434
Subject
- African American theater
- African American theater -- History -- 20th century
- African American theater -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Federal Theatre Project (U.S.)
- Federal Theatre Project (U.S.)
- Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) -- History
- History
- History
- United States
- United States
- 1900-1999
- African American theater
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