Research Catalog

Title

Plays of Negro life [microform] : a source-book of native american drama / selected and edited by Alain Locke and Montgomery Gregory ; decorations and illustrations by Aaron Douglas.

Author

Locke, Alain LeRoy, 1886-1954

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Details

Additional Authors

• Gregory, Montgomery, 1887-
• Douglas, Aaron.

Description

430 p. : ill., ports.; 23 cm.

Subject

• African Americans > Drama
• Black people > Drama
• American drama
• American drama > African American authors

Reproduction (note)

• Microfilm.

Contents

Introduction: The drama of Negro life, by A. Locke. - The dreamy kid, by E. O'Neill. - The rider of dreams, by R. Torrence. - Rackey, by E. H. Culbertson. - The no 'count boy, by P. Green. - The flight of the natives, by W. Richardson. - White dresses, by P. Green. - In Abraham's bosom, by P. Green. - Sugar Cane, by F. H. Wilson. - 'Cruiter, by J. Matheus. - The starter, by E. Spence. - Judge Lynch, by J. W. Rogers, Jr. - Granny Maumee, by R. Torrence. - The bird child, by L. White. - Balo, by J. Toomer. - Plumes, by G. D. Johnson. - The broken banjo, by W. Richarson. - The death dance, by T. Duncan. - The Emperor Jones, by E. O'Neill. - The danse calinda, by R. Torrence. - Sahdji, an African ballet, by R. Bruce. - Authors and plays. - A chronology of the Negro theatre, by M. Gregory. - Bibliography of Negro drama, compiled by A. Locke (p. 424-430)

Call Number

Sc Micro R-1221

OCLC

47053142

Author

Locke, Alain LeRoy, 1886-1954, ed.

Title

Plays of Negro life [microform] : a source-book of native american drama / selected and edited by Alain Locke and Montgomery Gregory ; decorations and illustrations by Aaron Douglas.

Edition

1st ed.

Reproduction

Microfilm. New York : New York Public Library, 1972. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (MN *ZZ-

Local Note

Original shelved as: Sc Rare 812.08-L (Locke, A. L. R. Plays of Negro life).

Added Author

Gregory, Montgomery, 1887-

Douglas, Aaron.

Research Call Number

Sc Micro R-1221