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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. | 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 | ==Editions, performances== | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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[[Category:Simon of Cyrene (subject)|1917 Torrence]] | [[Category:Simon of Cyrene (subject)|1917 Torrence]] | ||
[[Category:Simon of Cyrene--fiction (subject)|1917 Torrence]] | [[Category:Simon of Cyrene--fiction (subject)|1917 Torrence]] | ||
[[Category:Simon of Cyrene-- | [[Category:Simon of Cyrene--literature (subject)|1917 Torrence]] | ||
Latest revision as of 07:45, 28 November 2015
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.