White people do not know how to behave at entertainments designed for ladies & gentlemen of colour : William Brown's African & American theater
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
Print Book, English, ©2003
University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, ©2003
History
x, 239 pages ; 25 cm
9780807827772, 9780807854501, 0807827770, 0807854506
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Acknowledgments
Introduction
Late-Night Pleasure Garden for People of Color
Noah's African Grove
Hung Be the Heavens with Black
Toward a Minor Theater
American Taste and Genius
Building an American Theater
Tom and Jerry Meets Three-Fingered Jack
The African Company's Balancing Act
5. In Fear of His Opposition
Euro-New York Reacts
Conclusion: To Be-or Not to Be
Notes
Bibliography
Index