Baraka’s Dutchman Dramatizes Racial Hatred
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Arts and Culture Series
- Categories: Literature, Publishing, Arts, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: African Americans, Blacks, Drama, Theater, Playwrights, Entertainment, Entertainers, Race, Ethnicity, Racism
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present, African American History
- Geographical Location: New York City
- Date: March 24, 1964
Article abstract: Audiences were shocked by the language and ideas of Dutchman, a venomous play filled with the emotions of contempt, anger, and hatred and ending in emasculation and murder.
Summary of Event
LeRoi Jones emerged as a leading American playwright in 1964, when his striking drama Dutchman was produced Off-Broadway at New York’s Village South Theatre. The play, which was widely acclaimed as one of the year’s best, catapulted Jones into the front ranks of African-American writers, and he soon became known as an uncompromising black...
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