Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I. Thunder on the Stage: The American Years
1 The Ethics of Acting Jim Crow
2 From Minstrelsy to Shakespeare to Authentic Black Theater: Playwrights, Writers, Critics, and Inter-textual Play
3 Distant Thunder: Wright, the Federal Theatre, and Early Attempts at Writing Plays
4 Native Son on Stage
5 Orator, Performer, and Stage Writer Pursuing Social Change
6 Boxing Jim Crow
Part II. The Last Lampoon: Years Abroad
7 Reconstructing Identity: The Influence of Sartre, de Beauvoir, Camus, and Others
8 Acting Bigger Thomas
9 “Daddy Goodness”: Richard Wright’s Last Lampoon
Conclusion
Notes
Index