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An interview with Connie Winston, June 2004.
Winston, Connie. (2004, June). Through the Looking Glass; An Interview with Camille Billops and James Hatch. Black Masks: C: May/Jun 2004, 16 (5), 5. Retrieved , from Ethnic NewsWatch (ENW) database. (Document ID: 671822691).

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A History of African American Theatre. By Errol G. Hill and James V. Hatch. Preface by Lloyd Richards. Cambridge University Press, 2003. 608p bibl index ISBN 0-521-62443-6
$35.00 - paperback
$98.00 - hardcover

"There is something monumental about A History of African American Theatre. Published within months of co-author Errol Hill's death, the book, in many ways, embodies Professor Hill's legacy. It challenges the erasure of African Americans from American theatre history by spotlighting their achievements over the past three hundred years. At the same time, this major publication represents the life-long efforts of James V. Hatch, the book's other co-author, to create a lasting and accessible archive on black theatre and performance. Written by Hill and Hatch and featuring a brief foreward by Lloyd Richards, A History of African American Theatre might be the most important book ever written on the history of American Theatre. "

--James Peck, Editor, Theatre Journal #57 2005, Johns Hopkins University Press

Opening paragraph of a review that will appear in June in Theatre History Studies, XXIV (2004)

Impressive in scope, this magisterial history of the hardships and achievements of black creators of theatre in America takes the reader from early-1400s origins of African slave trade to events-in-progress at certain theatres in the spring of 2001, includes theatrical forms like minstrelsy and vaudeville, and looks at African American theatre in cities all across the United States as well as in the Caribbean. Breadth of coverage does not mean shallow overview, for the writing is rich in anecdotal detail, recently unearthed evidence and pertinent statistics, all anchored by copious endnotes. .. READ MORE

--Felicia Hardison Londré,
Curators' Professor of Theatre
University of Missouri-Kansas City

Review from nycBigCityLit.com -- February 2004

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