White people do not know how to behave at entertainments designed for ladies & gentlemen of colour [electronic resource] : William Brown's African & American theater / Marvin McAllister.
By: McAllister, Marvin Edward.
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BookPublisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2003Description: x, 239 p. ; 25 cm.Subject(s): Brown, William Alexander | African American theater -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 792/.089/9607307471 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-231) and index.
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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