Difference between revisions of "Simon the Cyrenian (1917 Torrence), play"
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==Abstract== | ==Abstract== | ||
The drama was one of the ''Three Plays for a Negro Theatre'' by the white lyric poet [[Ridgely Torrence]]. Simon was said to have been a black African who had carried Jesus' cross to Calvary. | The All-Black drama was one of the ''Three Plays for a Negro Theatre'' by the white lyric poet [[Ridgely Torrence]]. Simon was said to have been a black African who had carried Jesus' cross to Calvary. The play marks a turning-point in the way Afro-Africans were presented on the American stage. | ||
==Editions, performances, translations== | ==Editions, performances, translations== | ||
Revision as of 09:00, 17 June 2010
Simon the Cyrenian (1917) is a play by Ridgely Torrence.
Abstract
The All-Black drama was one of the Three Plays for a Negro Theatre by the white lyric poet Ridgely Torrence. Simon was said to have been a black African who had carried Jesus' cross to Calvary. The play marks a turning-point in the way Afro-Africans were presented on the American stage.