In the last 50 years, American and World theatre have been challenged and enriched by the rise to prominence of numerous female African American dramatists. Con

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

African American women have increasingly begun to see their plays performed from regional stages to Broadway. Yet many of these artists still struggle to gain a

This is the first book-length study of black American women playwrights. It will be useful to scholars in the fields of black and women's literature and an exce