As the first African American woman to have a play professionally
produced in New York City (Gold Through the Trees, in 1952) and the
first woman to win an Obie for Best Play (for Trouble in Mind, in
1956), Alice Childress occupies an important but surprisingly
under-recognized place in American drama. She herself rejected an
emphasis on the pioneering aspects of her career, saying that "it's
almost like it's an honor rather than a disgrace" and that she
should "be the fiftieth and the thousandth by this point"--a remark
that suggests the complexity and singularity of vision to be found
in her plays. Childress worked as an actress before turning to
playwriting in 1949, and she was a political activist all of her
life.
Spanning the 1940s to the 1960s, the plays collected here are the
ones Childress herself believed were her best, and offer a
realistic portrait of the racial inequalities and social injustices
that characterized these decades. Her plays often feature
strong-willed female protagonists whose problems bring into harsh
relief the restrictions faced by African American women. This is
the first volume devoted exclusively to the work of a major
playwright whose impact on the American theater was profound and
lasting.
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