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Black Drama: 1850 to the Present
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- Description
- Black Drama contains the full text of 1,200 plays written from
the mid-1800s to the present by 201 playwrights from North America,
English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean, and other African diaspora
countries.
Many of the works are rare, hard-to-find, or out of print. The
collection includes more than four hundred previously unpublished plays
by writers such as Amiri Baraka, Ed Bullins, Randolph Edmonds, Femi
Euba, Zora Neale Hurston, and many others. Each play is extensively and
deeply indexed, allowing both keyword and multi-field searching. The
plays are accompanied by reference materials,
significant ancillary information, a rich performance database, and
images.
- Help
- Extensive and detailed help is available on each screen.
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- Dates covered
- Mid-nineteenth century to present.
- Updating frequency
- Database substantially complete.
- Sources
- Various published and unpublished sources (including author manuscripts).
- Type of coverage
- Full text of plays, plus value-added materials such as brief biographical notes, production
information, playbills, stills, photographs, and other ephemera from a wide range of sources.
- Print Counterpart or related resources
- No exact counterpart. Drawn from various published and unpublished sources.
- Producer/content provider
- Alexander Street Press
- Vendor/electronic presentation provider
- Alexander Street Press
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