Research Catalog

Title

Best black plays : the Theodore Ward Prize for African American Playwriting / edited by Chuck Smith ; foreword by Woodie King, Jr.

Publication

Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, 2007.

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Additional Authors

• Smith, Chuck, 1938-
• Lee, Leslie, 1944-
• Southers, Mark Clayton.
• Euell, Kim.
• Lee, Leslie, 1930-2014.

Description

x, 226 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

From the Publisher: Over its twenty-year history, the Theodore Ward Prize for African American Playwriting has offered a rich reflection of the accomplishments of black playwrights and their importance in shaping contemporary theater. This volume showcases three recent winners of the Theodore Ward Prize: Leslie Lee's Sundown Names and Night-Gone Things tells of the sordid shenanigans of a Depression-era burial society; Mark Clayton Southers's Ma Noah recounts a mother's heartbreaking battle to save her children's souls; and Kim Euell's The Diva Daughters DuPree shares the poignant and achingly funny reunion of three sisters after their parents' deaths. Selected for this volume by the contest facilitator, Chuck Smith, these compelling plays, in their distinctive quality and dynamic subject matter, answer an important demand for African American dramatic work today.

Alternative Title

• Sundown names and night-gone things.
• Ma Noah.
• Diva daughters Dupree.

Subject

• Geschichte 2001-2004
• American drama > African American authors
• African Americans > Drama

Genre/Form

• Anthologie.
• Drama
• American drama – African American authors.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Sundown names and night-gone things / Leslie Lee -- Ma Noah / Mark Clayton Southers -- The diva daughters DuPree / Kim Euell -- Afterword / Chuck Smith.

ISBN

• 9780810123908 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0810123908 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2007006118

OCLC

83977489

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library