Black Theater, U.S.A.; Forty-five Plays by Black Americans, 1847-1974Various themes and styles are represented in this anthology of comic and tragic works by Black American playwrights. |
Common terms and phrases
ain't ANDY ANNA BERT Bert Williams BIG'N BIGGER BILLY BISHOP bout BRITTEN BROADUS BROTHER BOXER BROWN CALEB CARL chair CHATHAM CLEM comes COUNTESS crosses CYRIL DALTON damn DAVID door DOUGLASS enters ERLANGER exit eyes FABIAN folks Frederick Douglass FRONY GEORGE girl goes goin gonna GRANDMA GRANNY hand HANNIBAL HARD TACK Harlem HATTIE head hear heard hell ITHAMAR JIMMY JOHN HENRY JOSIE JUDGE ROBINSON JUDGE THORNTON KELLARD Langston Hughes laugh look Lord LOTTIE LUKE MACK Mama MARGARET mother mulatto Negro never niggers night ODESSA OLIVIA PAULINE pause play RACHEL RAHAB rises RISSA RUFUS SHELDON singing SISTER BOXER SISTER MOORE sits slave SPENCE stand stop sure talk TEDDY tell theater there's thing THOMPSON TOMMY turns voice walk Walk Hard WANDA What's WILLA WILSON woman