Introduction
Cultural History and the Arts
African Theatre
General Works
Regional Studies: West Africa, Southern Africa, East Africa
Individual Playwrights
Black Theatre in the Diaspora--Europe, Canada, the Caribbean,
and Latin America
General Works
Regional Studies
Appendix I: Reference Works
Appendix II: Regional List of Playwrights and Theatre Companies
Artists Index
Title Index
Subject Index
Author Index
JOHN GRAY is a cultural historian specializing in Black culture. He is currently Director of the Black Arts Research Center, an archival resource center dedicated to the documentation, preservation, and dissemination of the African cultural legacy. His previous publications include Blacks in Classical Music: A Bibliographical Guide to Composers, Performers, and Ensembles (Greenwood Press, 1988) and Ashe, Traditional Religion and Healing in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Diaspora: A Classified International Bibliography (Greenwood Press, 1989).
?An exhaustive Pan-African bibliography complied by John Gray,
Black Theatre and Performance numbers over 4000 entries of works by
650 playwrights and theatre collectives in 45 countries. Its two
categories cover studies of theatre/performers in distinct
geographical areas, and studies of theatre/performers in distinct
geographical areas, and studies of works by individual playwrights.
This is a first major bibliography of this type and scope,
providing invaluable data on ethnic and dramatic material.?-Back
Stage
?Author John Gray lists more than 4,000 entries from books,
dissertations, theses, unpublished papers, media, and other sources
in Black Theatre and Performance: A Pan-African Bibliography. Gray
features more than 650 playwrights and theater groups from 45
countries excluding the U.S. in the 414-page, indexed work.
Performance genres cited range from South African protest plays to
African masquerades and New World carnivals. Citations are arranged
both by individual playwright and by geographic area. No. 25 in the
Bibliographies and Indexes in Afro-American Studies
series.?-American Libraries
?Black culture historian specialist John Gray had compiled the
first major bibliography on Black theatre and performance in
Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe, and Canada. Equal
treatment is given to Africa and the African Diaspora, as well as
to biographical/critical material and play texts. The work is
organized into two categories: (1) Studies of specific geographic
areas and countries, and, (2) Materials on individual playwrights.
Within these divisions, works cited are divided according to type,
such as book, journal, or dissertation. Also included is a listing
of major bibliographies on African-American theatre and two
appendices citing reference sources and regional listings of
African and African Diaspora playwrights and theatre groups. Four
additional indexes cover artists, play titles, subjects, and
authors. John Gray is currently director of the Black Arts Research
Center described elsewhere in this issue of the
Newsletter.?-International Theatre Institute Newsletter
?Over 4,000 citations of primary and secondary (critical and
biographical) works on the writing and performance of theater in
Africa and the African diaspora in Canada, Europe (including the
UK), the Caribbean, and Latin America. Arranged both by geography
and by playwright. A useful supplement to the bibliographies in
many collections.?-Reference & Research Book News
?This comprehensive reference attemps to give scholars and students
a means to expand the theatrical canon. Listings are divided into
three sections: Cultural History and the Arts; African Theatre; and
Black Theatre and Performance in the Diaspora: Europe, Canada, the
Caribbean and Latin America (the U.S. is noticeably absent).
Sections are divided in turn into general works, regional studies
and individual playwrights.?-American Theatre
?This first major bibliographic collection includes both Africa and
the African Diaspora in its references, charting the evolution
black theatre and its performers throughout Africa, the Caribbean,
Europe and Latin America. Over four thousand entries are offered
from media which includes unpublished papers, dissertations and
videotapes, making this one of the most extensive references
available on the subject.?-The Bookwatch
?This important work contains just short of 4,000 citations to
monographs, chapters in monographs, journal articles,
dissertations, audio tapes, video tapes, and reviews. Drawn from a
wide range of sources, the citations are to North American and
Western European as well as African imprints. The main body of the
work is divided into three sections: Cultural History and the Arts,
' African Theatre, ' and Black Theatre and Performance in the
Diaspora.' Further subdivisions within these sections focus on
geographical areas and individual playwrights. There are two
appendixes, the first containing an additional 200 citations to
general reference works in the area of African and black theater,
the second consisting of extensive regional lists of individual
playwrights and theater companies. Because of its arrangement, it
is an easy bibliography to browse. Four separate indexes (artist,
title, subject, and author) simplify its use even further. No other
bibliographic compilation in African and black theater is as recent
or as comprehensive. Highly recommended for all academic
libraries.?-Choice
"An exhaustive Pan-African bibliography complied by John Gray,
Black Theatre and Performance numbers over 4000 entries of works by
650 playwrights and theatre collectives in 45 countries. Its two
categories cover studies of theatre/performers in distinct
geographical areas, and studies of theatre/performers in distinct
geographical areas, and studies of works by individual playwrights.
This is a first major bibliography of this type and scope,
providing invaluable data on ethnic and dramatic material."-Back
Stage
"Author John Gray lists more than 4,000 entries from books,
dissertations, theses, unpublished papers, media, and other sources
in Black Theatre and Performance: A Pan-African Bibliography. Gray
features more than 650 playwrights and theater groups from 45
countries excluding the U.S. in the 414-page, indexed work.
Performance genres cited range from South African protest plays to
African masquerades and New World carnivals. Citations are arranged
both by individual playwright and by geographic area. No. 25 in the
Bibliographies and Indexes in Afro-American Studies
series."-American Libraries
"Black culture historian specialist John Gray had compiled the
first major bibliography on Black theatre and performance in
Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe, and Canada. Equal
treatment is given to Africa and the African Diaspora, as well as
to biographical/critical material and play texts. The work is
organized into two categories: (1) Studies of specific geographic
areas and countries, and, (2) Materials on individual playwrights.
Within these divisions, works cited are divided according to type,
such as book, journal, or dissertation. Also included is a listing
of major bibliographies on African-American theatre and two
appendices citing reference sources and regional listings of
African and African Diaspora playwrights and theatre groups. Four
additional indexes cover artists, play titles, subjects, and
authors. John Gray is currently director of the Black Arts Research
Center described elsewhere in this issue of the
Newsletter."-International Theatre Institute Newsletter
"Over 4,000 citations of primary and secondary (critical and
biographical) works on the writing and performance of theater in
Africa and the African diaspora in Canada, Europe (including the
UK), the Caribbean, and Latin America. Arranged both by geography
and by playwright. A useful supplement to the bibliographies in
many collections."-Reference & Research Book News
"This comprehensive reference attemps to give scholars and students
a means to expand the theatrical canon. Listings are divided into
three sections: Cultural History and the Arts; African Theatre; and
Black Theatre and Performance in the Diaspora: Europe, Canada, the
Caribbean and Latin America (the U.S. is noticeably absent).
Sections are divided in turn into general works, regional studies
and individual playwrights."-American Theatre
"This first major bibliographic collection includes both Africa and
the African Diaspora in its references, charting the evolution
black theatre and its performers throughout Africa, the Caribbean,
Europe and Latin America. Over four thousand entries are offered
from media which includes unpublished papers, dissertations and
videotapes, making this one of the most extensive references
available on the subject."-The Bookwatch
"This important work contains just short of 4,000 citations to
monographs, chapters in monographs, journal articles,
dissertations, audio tapes, video tapes, and reviews. Drawn from a
wide range of sources, the citations are to North American and
Western European as well as African imprints. The main body of the
work is divided into three sections: Cultural History and the Arts,
' African Theatre, ' and Black Theatre and Performance in the
Diaspora.' Further subdivisions within these sections focus on
geographical areas and individual playwrights. There are two
appendixes, the first containing an additional 200 citations to
general reference works in the area of African and black theater,
the second consisting of extensive regional lists of individual
playwrights and theater companies. Because of its arrangement, it
is an easy bibliography to browse. Four separate indexes (artist,
title, subject, and author) simplify its use even further. No other
bibliographic compilation in African and black theater is as recent
or as comprehensive. Highly recommended for all academic
libraries."-Choice
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