Black Thunder: An Anthology of African-American Drama
An anthology of contemporary African American drama, collecting plays written mainly after 1975. It showcases the range of Black theater and frames the movement with an extensive introduction.
Work Information
It gathers the power of contemporary Black theater into one volume.
Including plays by George C. Wolfe, August Wilson, and others, the anthology gathers important works of contemporary African American drama. William B. Branch’s introduction also supplies a broader history of Black theater.
Review Summaries
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Its broad scope as an anthology is often valued, especially for the way it surveys the history of Black theater.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Signet
- Published
- 1992-02-03
- Pages
- 496 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 10.97 x 3.2 x 17.32 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780451628442
- ISBN-10
- 0451628446
- Category
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction/Drama
An anthology of African American plays features Ed Bullins's The Taking of Miss Jane, George C. Wolfe's The Colored Museum, and August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning work, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. Original.
August Wilson is a major American playwright whose work has been consistently acclaimed as among the finest of the American theater. His first play, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom , won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for best new play of 1984-85. His second play, Fences , won numerous awards for best play of the year, 1987, including the Tony Award, the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, the Drama Desk Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. Joe Turner's Come and Gone , his third play, was also voted best play of 1987-88 by the New York Drama Critics' Circle. In 1990, Wilson was awarded his second Pulitzer Prize for The Piano Lesson .