The Roots of African American Drama: An Anthology of Early Plays, 1858-1938

Abstract

1923), the first work by an African American playwright to reach Broadway; and The First One (1927), Zora Neale Hurston's one-act retelling of the myth of how Noah's curse on Ham created the first black man. The rest of the plays have either never previously been published or are from sources which are no longer readily obtainable. Each play is preceded by an introduction which provides background information on the playwright and the play, plus a list of reference sources for more information about the playwright and his/her work. The introductory comments are not only informative but insightful and assist in enhancing the appreciation of the play without dinimishing the pleasure of discovery which accompanies the reading of each of these works.The entire work is introduced through an essay by Hatch, who MELUS,

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