White people do not know how to behave at entertainments designed for ladies & gentlemen of colour: William Brown's African & American theater
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Main Author: McAllister, Marvin Edward (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press c2003
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Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-231) and index
An exploration of the career of William Brown, a 19th-century free man of colour, who pioneered theatrical spaces for black New Yorkers, hitherto denied access to whites-only venues. The text explores these intercultural, multiracial environments and investigates negative white reactions
Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments ix --Introduction 1 --1. -- Late-Night Pleasure Garden for People of Color -- NOAH'S AFRICAN GROVE -- 11 --2. -- Hung Be the Heavens with Black -- TOWARD A MINOR THEATER -- 39 --3. -- American Taste and Genius -- BUILDING AN AMERICAN THEATER -- 67 --4. -- Tom and Jerry Meets Three-Fingered Jack -- THE AFRICAN COMPANY'S BALANCING ACT -- 103 5. In Fear of His Opposition -- EURO-NEW YORK REACTS -- 131 --Conclusion: To Be-or Not to Be 167 --Notes 185 -- Bibliography 213 -- Index 233
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (x, 239 p.)
ISBN:0807862606
9780807862605

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