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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.
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White people do not know how to behave at entertainments designed for ladies & gentlemen of colour: William Brown's African & American theater
2003, University of North Carolina Press, University of N. Carolina Press
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0807827770 9780807827772
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Table of Contents
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-231) and index.
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