NEGRO PLAYERS THEATER PLAYS 1917 First Edition Ridgley Torrence Granny Maumee HC

Description: Plays for a Negro Theater: Granny Maumee; The rider of dreams; Simon the Cyrenianby Ridgely TorrencePublished by The Macmillan Co., 1917. First Edition. Good hardcover, no dustjacket. Spine cover removed, joints cracked but holding well, previous owners’ signatures and tape-in article on the death of the author to front endpapers clean unmarked text. 8vo, 111 pages plus adverts. The author was a white poet and playwrite who, in 1914, debuted his one-act play "Granny Maumee," which was first performed by a white cast but then helped to create opportunities for black actors in theaters in America when it was produced with black actors only three years later. This collection of plays premiered in 1917 and, more importantly, as a production of the Negro Players.In the late 1890s Ridgely Torrence settled in Greenwich Village, in New York City, working as a librarian at the Astor Library from 1897 to 1901, and then at Lenox Library until 1903. He was assistant editor at The Critic from 1903 to 1904. He worked for the Japanese special envoy to the United States as a secretary in 1905. He was the fiction editor at Cosmopolitan magazine, from 1905 to 1907.During his time in New York, he became part of a circle of poets that included E. A. Robinson, William Vaughn Moody, and Robert Frost. His verse plays, showing the influence of John Millington Synge, showed realistic portrayals of African Americans, and a revolt against their station in society. While his verse dramas were published as books, they were not produced as plays.In 1914, his one-act play Granny Maumee, which was first performed by a white cast, helped create opportunities for black actors in theaters in America when it was produced with black actors in 1917. It was "one of the first opportunities for serious black actors". Torrence's collection of plays, Three Plays for a Negro Theater premiered in 1917, as a production of the Negro Players. He work was noteworthy in its blending of compassion and strength. Loc: GL1-3StoreAdd to FavoritesFeedbackNEGRO PLAYERS THEATER PLAYS 1917 First Edition Ridgley Torrence Granny Maumee HC Plays for a Negro Theater: Granny Maumee; The rider of dreams; Simon the Cyrenianby Ridgely TorrencePublished by The Macmillan Co., 1917. First Edition. Good hardcover, no dustjacket. Spine cover removed, joints cracked but holding well, previous owners’ signatures and tape-in article on the death of the author to front endpapers clean unmarked text. 8vo, 111 pages plus adverts. The author was a white poet and playwrite who, in 1914, debuted his one-act play "Granny Maumee," which was first performed by a white cast but then helped to create opportunities for black actors in theaters in America when it was produced with black actors only three years later. This collection of plays premiered in 1917 and, more importantly, as a production of the Negro Players.In the late 1890s Ridgely Torrence settled in Greenwich Village, in New York City, working as a librarian at the Astor Library from 1897 to 1901, and then at Lenox Library until 1903. He was assistant editor at The Critic from 1903 to 1904. He worked for the Japanese special envoy to the United States as a secretary in 1905. He was the fiction editor at Cosmopolitan magazine, from 1905 to 1907.During his time in New York, he became part of a circle of poets that included E. A. Robinson, William Vaughn Moody, and Robert Frost. His verse plays, showing the influence of John Millington Synge, showed realistic portrayals of African Americans, and a revolt against their station in society. While his verse dramas were published as books, they were not produced as plays.In 1914, his one-act play Granny Maumee, which was first performed by a white cast, helped create opportunities for black actors in theaters in America when it was produced with black actors in 1917. It was "one of the first opportunities for serious black actors". Torrence's collection of plays, Three Plays for a Negro Theater premiered in 1917, as a production of the Negro Players. He work was noteworthy in its blending of compassion and strength. Loc: GL1-3

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