A History of Black American Actors in Shakespeare's Plays, by Errol Hill

FAIN: RP-20531-84

University of Massachusetts, Amherst (Amherst, MA 01003-9242)
Bruce G. Wilcox (Project Director: October 1983 to October 1990)

To support publication of a study of a neglected aspect of American theatre history -- the contributions made by black actors who have appeared in Shakespeare's plays in the past. The work discusses such black companies as the Acting Grove Theatre of the 1820's and the Astor Place Company of the 1880's.