02631nam 2200529 a 450 991078036850332120200520144314.0979-88-908741-3-90-8078-6260-6(CKB)111087027918654(EBL)413353(OCoLC)476237090(SSID)ssj0000271317(PQKBManifestationID)11954676(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000271317(PQKBWorkID)10293572(PQKB)11644590(Au-PeEL)EBL413353(CaPaEBR)ebr10202608(MiAaPQ)EBC413353(EXLCZ)9911108702791865420020926d2003 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWhite people do not know how to behave at entertainments designed for ladies & gentlemen of colour[electronic resource] William Brown's African & American theater /Marvin McAllisterChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20031 online resource (252 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8078-5450-6 0-8078-2777-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-231) and index.Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments ix --Introduction 1 --1. -- Late-Night Pleasure Garden for People of Color -- NOAH'S AFRICAN GROVE -- 11 --2. -- Hung Be the Heavens with Black -- TOWARD A MINOR THEATER -- 39 --3. -- American Taste and Genius -- BUILDING AN AMERICAN THEATER -- 67 --4. -- Tom and Jerry Meets Three-Fingered Jack -- THE AFRICAN COMPANY'S BALANCING ACT -- 103 5. In Fear of His Opposition -- EURO-NEW YORK REACTS -- 131 --Conclusion: To Be-or Not to Be 167 --Notes 185 -- Bibliography 213 -- Index 233.An exploration of the career of William Brown, a 19th-century free man of colour, who pioneered theatrical spaces for black New Yorkers, hitherto denied access to whites-only venues. The text explores these intercultural, multiracial environments and investigates negative white reactions.African American theaterNew York (State)New YorkHistory19th centuryAfrican American theaterHistory792/.089/9607307471McAllister Marvin Edward1969-1470859MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780368503321White people do not know how to behave at entertainments designed for ladies & gentlemen of colour3789794UNINA