Black Drama, now in its expanded third edition, contains the full text of more than 1,700 plays written from the mid-1800s to the present by more than 200 playwrights. Many of the works are rare, hard to find, or out of print with more than 40 percent of the collection consisting of previously unpublished plays by Langston Hughes, Ed Bullins, Willis Richardson, Amiri Baraka, Randolph Edmonds, Zora Neale Hurston, and many others! Browsing is easy in this database, or you can search by playwright, genre, or subject.
Playwright, Michael Matthews circa 1986
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