White People Do Not Know How to Behave at Entertainments

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White People Do Not Know How to Behave at Entertainments Designed for Ladies and Gentlemen of Colour: William Brown's African and American Theater

In August 1821, William Brown, a free man of color and a retired ship's steward, opened a pleasure garden on Manhattan's West Side. It catered to black New Yorkers, who were barred admittance to whites-only venues offering drama, music, and refreshment. Over the following two years, Brown expanded his enterprises, founding a series of theaters that featured African Americans playing a range of roles unprecedented on the American stage and that drew increasingly integrated audiences.

Marvin McAllister explores Brown's pioneering career and reveals how each of Brown's ventures--the African Grove, the Minor Theatre, the American Theatre, and the African Company--explicitly cultivated an intercultural, multiracial environment. He also investigates the negative white reactions, verbal and physical, that led to Brown's managerial retirement in 1823.

Brown left his mark on American theater by shaping the careers of his performers and creating new genres of performance. Beyond that legacy, says McAllister, this nearly forgotten theatrical innovator offered a blueprint for a truly inclusive national theater.

Country	USA
Author	Marvin McAllister
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Marvin Edward McAllister
EAN	9780807854501
Edition	New edition
Feature	White People Do Not Know How to Behave at Entertainments Designed for Ladies and Gentlemen of Colour William Brown s African and American Theater
ISBN	0807854506
Label	The University of North Carolina Press
Manufacturer	The University of North Carolina Press
MPN	notes, bibliography, index
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	256
PartNumber	notes, bibliography, index
PublicationDate	2003-05-12
Publisher	The University of North Carolina Press
Studio	The University of North Carolina Press
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

White People Do Not Know How to Behave at Entertainments Designed for Ladies and Gentlemen of Colour: William Brown's African and American Theater

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