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(Applause Books). From the origins of the Negro spiritual and the birth of the Harlem Renaissance to the emergence of a national black theatre movement, The Theatre of Black Americans offers a penetrating look at a black art form that has exploded into an American cultural institution. Among the essays: James Hatch Some African Influences on the Afro-American Theatre; Shelby Steele Notes on Ritual in the New Black Theatre; Sister M. Francesca Thompson OSF The Lafayette Players; Ronald Ross The Role of Blacks in the Federal Theatre. Contents 4 Acknowledgments 8 Introduction 11 PART ONE Roots and Rituals: The Search for Identity 23 Some African Influences on the Afro-American Theatre 23 Notes on Ritual in the New Black Theater 40 Two Afro-American Contributions to Dramatic Form 55 The Aesthetic of Modern Black Drama 71 Americas Debt to the Language of Black Americans 89 An Origin For The Negro Spiritual 99 An Aesthetic of the Cool: West African Dance 109 PART TWO The Image Makers: Plays and Playwrights 123 Willis Richardson: Pioneer Playwright 123 Shuffle Along: Keynote of the Harlem Renaissance 136 Langston Hughes as Playwright 146 Three Black Playwrights: Loften Mitchell, Ossie Davis, Douglas Turner Ward 158 Mom, Dad and God: Values in Black Theater 178 Structural Elements in Ed Bullins’ Plays 195 The Delicate World of Reprobation: A Note on the Black Revolutionary Theatre 202 PART THREE The Presenters: Companies of Players 221 The Lafayette Players, 1917-1932 221 The Role of Blacks in the Federal Theatre, 1935-1939 241 The American Negro Theatre 257 Black Theater in the South: Report and Reflections 271 The Negro Ensemble Company: A Transcendent Vision 280 The National Black Theatre: The Sun People of 125th Street 293 PART FOUR The Participators: Audiences and Critics 303 Into Nationalism, Out of Parochialism 303 It’s a Long Way to St. Louis: Notes on the Audience for Black Drama 311 The Black Theatre Audience 317 Critics, Standards and Black Theatre 328 Black Critics on Black Theatre in America 337 Two Views by White Critics: (1) Must I Side with Blacks or Whites? 346 Two Views by White Critics: (2) Enroute to the Future 351 Black Theater: The Search Goes On 355 Chronology o f Important Events 361 Notes on the Editor and Contributors 365 Selected Bibliography 369 THE,THEATRE,OF,BLACK,AMERICANS

(Applause Books). From the origins of the Negro spiritual and the birth of the Harlem Renaissance to the emergence of a national black theatre movement, The Theatre of Black Americans offers a penetrating look at a black art form that has exploded into an American cultural institution. Among the essays: James Hatch Some African Influences on the Afro-American Theatre; Shelby Steele Notes on Ritual in the New Black Theatre; Sister M. Francesca Thompson OSF The Lafayette Players; Ronald Ross The Role of Blacks in the Federal Theatre.