[ornament rule] | Black Theater, | [ornament] U. S. A. [ornament] | FORTY-FIVE PLAYS | BY BLACK AMERICANS | 1847-1974 | [double rule] JAMES V. HATCH, Editor | TED SHINE, Consultant | The Free Press | A DIVISION OF MACMILLAN PUBLISHING CO., INC. | NEW YORK | [ornament rule]
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For William R. Reardon | whose scholarship and | encouragement inspired | this book
Black Theater U.S.A. (1974 Free Press edition)
1974 edition published by The Free Press, New York