03848nam 2200697 450 991081486890332120230803201915.00-292-72765-810.7560/754799(CKB)3710000000092448(EBL)3443719(SSID)ssj0001225891(PQKBManifestationID)11708845(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001225891(PQKBWorkID)11289631(PQKB)11618606(MiAaPQ)EBC3443719(Au-PeEL)EBL3443719(CaPaEBR)ebr10846032(OCoLC)876349153(DE-B1597)587761(OCoLC)1280945340(DE-B1597)9780292727656(EXLCZ)99371000000009244820130917d2014 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrActing up and getting down plays by African American Texans /edited and with introductions by Sandra Mayo and Elvin HoltFirst edition.Austin :University of Texas Press,2014.1 online resource (365 p.)Southwestern Writers Collection seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-292-75479-5 Includes bibliographical references.Introduction: definition of black theatre -- Camp Logan / Celeste Bedford Walker -- Johnny B. Goode / Thomas Meloncon -- Killingsworth / Eugene Lee -- Driving wheel / Sterling Houston -- Br'er rabbit / adapted by George Hawkins -- When the ancestors call / Elizabeth Brown-Guillory -- Ancestors / Ted Shine.One of the few books of its kind, Acting Up and Getting Down brings together seven African American literary voices that all have a connection to the Lone Star state. Covering Texas themes and universal ones, this collection showcases often-overlooked literary talents to bring to life inspiring facets of black theatre history. Capturing the intensity of racial violence in Texas, from the Battle of San Jacinto to a World War I–era riot at a Houston training ground, Celeste Bedford Walker’s Camp Logan and Ted Shine’s Ancestors provide fascinating narratives through the lens of history. Thomas Meloncon’s Johnny B. Goode and George Hawkins’s Br’er Rabbit explore the cultural legacies of blues music and folktales. Three unflinching dramas (Sterling Houston’s Driving Wheel, Eugene Lee’s Killingsworth, and Elizabeth Brown-Guillory’s When the Ancestors Call) examine homosexuality, a death in the family, and child abuse, bringing to light the private tensions of intersections between the individual and the community. Supplemented by a chronology of black literary milestones as well as a playwrights’ canon, Acting Up and Getting Down puts the spotlight on creative achievements that have for too long been excluded from Texas letters. The resulting anthology not only provides new insight into a regional experience but also completes the American story as told onstage.Southwestern Writers Collection series.American dramaAfrican American authorsAmerican dramaTexasAmerican drama20th centuryAmerican drama21st centuryAfrican AmericansDramaAmerican dramaAfrican American authors.American dramaAmerican dramaAmerican dramaAfrican Americans812/.54080896073Mayo Sandra Marie1947-Holt Elvin1945-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814868903321Acting up and getting down4109834UNINA