Description: Further DetailsTitle: Selected PlaysCondition: NewEAN: 9780810127517ISBN: 9780810127517Publisher: Northwestern University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 04/30/2011Description: As the first African American woman to have a play professionally produced in New York City (Gold Through the Trees, in 1952) and the first woman to win an Obie for Best Play (for Trouble in Mind, in 1956), Alice Childress occupies an important but surprisingly under-recognized place in American drama. She herself rejected an emphasis on the pioneering aspects of her career, saying that “it’s almost like it’s an honor rather than a disgrace” and that she should “be the fiftieth and the thousandth by this point”—a remark that suggests the complexity and singularity of vision to be found in her plays. Childress worked as an actress before turning to playwriting in 1949, and she was a political activist all of her life. Spanning the 1940s to the 1960s, the plays collected here are the ones Childress herself believed were her best, and offer a realistic portrait of the racial inequalities and social injustices that characterized these decades. Her plays often feature strong-willed female protagonists whose problems bring into harsh relief the restrictions faced by African American women. This is the first volume devoted exclusively to the work of a major playwright whose impact on the American theater was profound and lasting.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Weight: 520gAuthor: Alice ChildressContributor: Kathy A. Perkins (Edited by)Genre: Poetry & DramaRelease Year: 2011 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Selected Plays
Title: Selected Plays
EAN: 9780810127517
ISBN: 9780810127517
Release Date: 04/30/2011
Release Year: 2011
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Contributor: Kathy A. Perkins (Edited by)
Book Title: Selected Plays
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Publication Year: 2011
Item Height: 0.7 in
Topic: Anthologies (Multiple Authors), General
Genre: Drama
Item Weight: 13 Oz
Author: Alice Childress
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
