Historical Dictionary of African American Theater

Second Edition

Anthony D. Hill

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of African American Theater reflects the rich history and representation of the black aesthetic and the significance of African American theater’s history, fleeting present, and promise to the future. It celebrates nearly 200 years of black theater in the United States and the thousands of black theater artists across the country—identifying representative black theaters, playwrights, plays, actors, directors, and designers and chronicling their contributions to the field from the birth of black theater in 1816 to the present.

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of African American Theater, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries on actors, playwrights, plays, musicals, theatres, -directors, and designers. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know and more about African American Theater.

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 754 • Trim: 6¼ x 9

978-1-5381-1728-6 • Hardback • November 2018 • $202.00 • (£158.00)

978-1-5381-1729-3 • eBook • November 2018 • $191.50 • (£148.00)

Series: Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts

Subjects: Performing Arts / Theater / History & Criticism, Reference / Dictionaries

Historical Dictionary of African American Theater

Second Edition

Hardback

eBook

Summary

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of African American Theater reflects the rich history and representation of the black aesthetic and the significance of African American theater’s history, fleeting present, and promise to the future. It celebrates nearly 200 years of black theater in the United States and the thousands of black theater artists across the country—identifying representative black theaters, playwrights, plays, actors, directors, and designers and chronicling their contributions to the field from the birth of black theater in 1816 to the present.

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of African American Theater, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries on actors, playwrights, plays, musicals, theatres, -directors, and designers. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know and more about African American Theater.

Details

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 754 • Trim: 6¼ x 9

978-1-5381-1728-6 • Hardback • November 2018 • $202.00 • (£158.00)

978-1-5381-1729-3 • eBook • November 2018 • $191.50 • (£148.00)

Series: Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts

Subjects: Performing Arts / Theater / History & Criticism, Reference / Dictionaries

Author

Anthony D. Hill, emeritus professor, Department of Theatre, The Ohio State, is a writer, director, and administrator who also taught at Queens College, Vassar College and University of California at Santa Barbara. He is author of The A to Z of African American Theatre (2009); Historical Dictionary of African American Theatre (2008); and Pages from the HarlemRenaissance: A Chronicle of Performance (1996, fourth printing).

Table of Contents

Editor’s Foreword: Jon Woronoff
Preface
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Chronology
Introduction
THE DICTIONARY
Appendices
Bibliography
About the Author

Reviews

Highly Recommended: The second edition of Hill's Historical Dictionary of African American Theater is a significant expansion of the first. It retains the original features—including a chronology, introductory essay, bibliography, and appendixes—nearly doubles the number of entries of the original, and adds coverage of the ten years since the first edition was published. Most entries are brief, but Hill (emer., Ohio State) provides longer entries for the Civil Rights Movement, August Wilson, and several notable theaters. Entries are extensively cross-referenced, emphasizing the connections between the people, organizations, themes, and (new to this edition) design technicians. Given its updated coverage and the significant increase in the number of entries, this volume replaces the earlier edition. Valuable for those interested in theater or African American studies.
— Choice Reviews

Historical Dictionary of African American Theater

Second Edition

Anthony D. Hill

Historical Dictionary of African American Theater

Second Edition

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