Black Female Playwrights: An Anthology of Plays Before 1950 (Blacks in the Diaspora)

Black Female Playwrights: An Anthology of Plays Before 1950 (Blacks in the Diaspora) by Perkins, Kathy A.. Hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780253343581.

"Fine reading and a superb resource." --Ms."Highly recommended." -- LibraryJournal"Perkins has chosen the plays well, and her issue-orientedintroduction places the women and their works in a literary and historical context."-- Choice"As well as being centered on the black experience, theplays in Black Female Playwrights are centered on the female experience." -- VoiceLiterary Supplement"Perkins anthology is valuable for anumber of reasons... Perkins book (which includes a bibliography of plays andpageants by black women before 1950 as well as a selected bibliography of criticalworks) is a major help in providing access to the world of black drama]." --Theatre JournalThe need to acknowledge these works was theimpetus behind this volume. Perkins has selected nineteen plays from seven writerswho were among the major dramatizers of the black experience during this earlyperiod. As forerunners to the activist black theater of the 1950s and 1960s, theseplays represent a critical stage in the development of black drama in the UnitedStates.