This anthology contains Clinton F. Oliver's introductory essay "The Negro and the American Theater" as well as nine plays from the period 1959-1969. The collection also boasts both biographical and introductory material on the plays and playwrights by Clinton Oliver and Stephanie Sills.
The plays in this anthology are Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, Ossie Davis's Purlie Victorious, Adrienne Kennedy's Funnyhouse of a Negro, Amiri Baraka's Dutchman , James Baldwin's Blues for Mister Charlie, Douglas Turner Ward's short plays Happy Ending and Day of Absence, Ed Bullins' The Gentleman Caller, and Charles Gordone's No Place to Be Somebody.
Language
English
Pages
451
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Scribner Book Company
Release
January 01, 1971
ISBN
0684414325
ISBN 13
9780684414324
Contemporary Black Drama: From A Raisin in the Sun to No Place to Be Somebody
This anthology contains Clinton F. Oliver's introductory essay "The Negro and the American Theater" as well as nine plays from the period 1959-1969. The collection also boasts both biographical and introductory material on the plays and playwrights by Clinton Oliver and Stephanie Sills.
The plays in this anthology are Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, Ossie Davis's Purlie Victorious, Adrienne Kennedy's Funnyhouse of a Negro, Amiri Baraka's Dutchman , James Baldwin's Blues for Mister Charlie, Douglas Turner Ward's short plays Happy Ending and Day of Absence, Ed Bullins' The Gentleman Caller, and Charles Gordone's No Place to Be Somebody.