Session Details

Thursday, 30 December

662. Realism and Antirealism in American Drama I

10:15–11:30 a.m., 407, Philadelphia Marriott

Program arranged by the American Theatre and Drama Society

Presiding: David Krasner, Yale Univ.

1. “Go Tell It on the Stage: Blues for Mister Charlie as Dialectical Drama,” Nicholas K. Davis, Cornell Univ.

2. “Dramatic Trans-formation: The Surrealism of Being Black and Female in Adrienne Kennedy’s The Owl Answers,” Nita N. Kumar, Univ. of Delhi

3. “From Minstrel Shows to Radio Shows: Racism and Realism in Blackface and Black Voice,” Daniel H. Foster, Duke Univ.

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