Classic Plays from the Negro Ensemble Company - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0822955601 ISBN 13: 9780822955603

Casa editrice: Univ of Pittsburgh Pr, 1995

Riassunto

This anthology celebrates more than twenty-five years of the Negro  Ensemble Company’s significant contribution to American theater.  Collected here are ten plays most representative of the eclectic nature of the Negro Ensemble Company repertoire.

The Negro Ensemble Company (NEC) was formed in New York City in 1967 with support from the Ford Foundation to aid in the establishment of an independent African-American theater institution.  Under the artistic directorship of Douglas Turner Ward, the NEC offered a nurturing environment to black playwrights and actors who could work autonomously, guaranteeing authenticity of voice, full freedom of expression, and exploration of thematic views specific to the African-American experience.

Since its inception, the NEC has introduced audiences to more than 150 theatrical works.  Classic Plays from the Negro Ensemble Company allows scholars to review a diversity of styles which share common philosophical, mythic, and social ideals that can be traced to an African worldview.  A foreword by Douglas Turner Ward and an afterword by Paul Carter Harrison and Gus Edwards assess the literary and/or stylistic significance of the plays and place each work in its historical or chronological context.

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• Editore: Univ of Pittsburgh Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0822955601
• ISBN 13: 9780822955603
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 624
• Redattore: Harrison Paul Carter, Edwards Gus