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[C]lear and readable....[b]ecause of its inclusion of harder-to-find writers and its single-volume convenience, it is recommended for academic and public libraries. -Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin This compilation is current and offers a complete roll call of playwrights well known and obscure, creating a breathtaking view of black playwrights in America and their contributions to American theater. Recommended. General and academic readers. -Choice [T]he interest that will be generated by this excellent guide ... should bring much valuable work to the attention of theatrical producers across the English-speaking world. -Reference Reviews YThe interest that will be generated by this excellent guide ... should bring much valuable work to the attention of theatrical producers across the English-speaking world. -Reference Reviews YClear and readable....Ybecause of its inclusion of harder-to-find writers and its single-volume convenience, it is recommended for academic and public libraries. -Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin ?[T]he interest that will be generated by this excellent guide ... should bring much valuable work to the attention of theatrical producers across the English-speaking world.?-Reference Reviews ?This compilation is current and offers a complete roll call of playwrights well known and obscure, creating a breathtaking view of black playwrights in America and their contributions to American theater. Recommended. General and academic readers.?-Choice ?[C]lear and readable....[b]ecause of its inclusion of harder-to-find writers and its single-volume convenience, it is recommended for academic and public libraries.?-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin ?The variety of entries provides a historical perspective of African-American theater by including artists like Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson, who performed in local churches and community halls in the late 1800s, to current award-winning Broadway artists such as Suzan-Lori Parks....[t]hese up-to-date narratives are readable and engaging, providing important critical analysis for students, particularly for lesser-known artists now finding their place in history.?-School Library Journal The variety of entries provides a historical perspective of African-American theater by including artists like Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson, who performed in local churches and community halls in the late 1800s, to current award-winning Broadway artists such as Suzan-Lori Parks....[t]hese up-to-date narratives are readable and engaging, providing important critical analysis for students, particularly for lesser-known artists now finding their place in history. -School Library Journal

[T]he interest that will be generated by this excellent guide ... should bring much valuable work to the attention of theatrical producers across the English-speaking world. -Reference Reviews [C]lear and readable....[b]ecause of its inclusion of harder-to-find writers and its single-volume convenience, it is recommended for academic and public libraries. -Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin This compilation is current and offers a complete roll call of playwrights well known and obscure, creating a breathtaking view of black playwrights in America and their contributions to American theater. Recommended. General and academic readers. -Choice T he interest that will be generated by this excellent guide ... should bring much valuable work to the attention of theatrical producers across the English-speaking world. -Reference Reviews C lear and readable.... b ecause of its inclusion of harder-to-find writers and its single-volume convenience, it is recommended for academic and public libraries. -Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin ?[T]he interest that will be generated by this excellent guide ... should bring much valuable work to the attention of theatrical producers across the English-speaking world.?-Reference Reviews ?[C]lear and readable....[b]ecause of its inclusion of harder-to-find writers and its single-volume convenience, it is recommended for academic and public libraries.?-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin ?This compilation is current and offers a complete roll call of playwrights well known and obscure, creating a breathtaking view of black playwrights in America and their contributions to American theater. Recommended. General and academic readers.?-Choice ?The variety of entries provides a historical perspective of African-American theater by including artists like Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson, who performed in local churches and community halls in the late 1800s, to current award-winning Broadway artists such as Suzan-Lori Parks....[t]hese up-to-date narratives are readable and engaging, providing important critical analysis for students, particularly for lesser-known artists now finding their place in history.?-School Library Journal The variety of entries provides a historical perspective of African-American theater by including artists like Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson, who performed in local churches and community halls in the late 1800s, to current award-winning Broadway artists such as Suzan-Lori Parks....[t]hese up-to-date narratives are readable and engaging, providing important critical analysis for students, particularly for lesser-known artists now finding their place in history. -School Library Journal

[T]he interest that will be generated by this excellent guide ... should bring much valuable work to the attention of theatrical producers across the English-speaking world. -Reference Reviews [C]lear and readable....[b]ecause of its inclusion of harder-to-find writers and its single-volume convenience, it is recommended for academic and public libraries. -Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin This compilation is current and offers a complete roll call of playwrights well known and obscure, creating a breathtaking view of black playwrights in America and their contributions to American theater. Recommended. General and academic readers. -Choice YThe interest that will be generated by this excellent guide ... should bring much valuable work to the attention of theatrical producers across the English-speaking world. -Reference Reviews YClear and readable....Ybecause of its inclusion of harder-to-find writers and its single-volume convenience, it is recommended for academic and public libraries. -Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin ?[T]he interest that will be generated by this excellent guide ... should bring much valuable work to the attention of theatrical producers across the English-speaking world.?-Reference Reviews ?[C]lear and readable....[b]ecause of its inclusion of harder-to-find writers and its single-volume convenience, it is recommended for academic and public libraries.?-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin ?This compilation is current and offers a complete roll call of playwrights well known and obscure, creating a breathtaking view of black playwrights in America and their contributions to American theater. Recommended. General and academic readers.?-Choice ?The variety of entries provides a historical perspective of African-American theater by including artists like Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson, who performed in local churches and community halls in the late 1800s, to current award-winning Broadway artists such as Suzan-Lori Parks....[t]hese up-to-date narratives are readable and engaging, providing important critical analysis for students, particularly for lesser-known artists now finding their place in history.?-School Library Journal The variety of entries provides a historical perspective of African-American theater by including artists like Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson, who performed in local churches and community halls in the late 1800s, to current award-winning Broadway artists such as Suzan-Lori Parks....[t]hese up-to-date narratives are readable and engaging, providing important critical analysis for students, particularly for lesser-known artists now finding their place in history. -School Library Journal

The variety of entries provides a historical perspective of African-American theater by including artists like Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson, who performed in local churches and community halls in the late 1800s, to current award-winning Broadway artists such as Suzan-Lori Parks....[t]hese up-to-date narratives are readable and engaging, providing important critical analysis for students, particularly for lesser-known artists now finding their place in history. -School Library Journal

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EMMANUEL S. NELSON is Professor of English at the State University of New York, Cortland. His many books include African American Authors, 1745-1945 (2000), Contemporary African American Novelists (1999), African American Autobiographers (2002), and Contemporary Gay American Poets and Playwrights (2003), all available from Greenwood Press.

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