Willis Richardson, Forgotten Pioneer of African-American Drama

by Christine Rauchfuss Gray and Bernard L. Peterson

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During the 1920s and 1930s, Willis Richardson (1889-1977) was highly respected as a leading African-American playwright and drama anthologist. His plays were performed by numerous black high school, college, and university drama groups and by theater companies in Chicago, New York, Washington D.C., Cleveland, Baltimore, and Atlanta. With the opening of The Chip Woman's Fortune (1923), he became the first African American to have a play produced...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0313303738

ISBN13:9780313303739

Release Date:December 1999

Publisher:Praeger

Length:160 Pages

Weight:0.76 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.8" x 8.4"

Related Subjects

African-American & Black American Literature Arts & Literature Authors Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Classics Criticism & Theory

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