Taboo (1922 play)
Taboo is a play first performed in 1922, written by Mary Hoyt Wiborg.
It is set on a plantation in Louisiana before the American Civil War and in Africa. It opened on April 4, 1922, in the , Harlem. It starred Margaret Wycherly, the only white member of the cast, Paul Robeson, other African American actors, and African students at Columbia University. An African dance was performed by , a Mozambican student at Columbia. This was one of Robeson's first stage opportunities and his performance was praised by critics.[1]
References[]
- ^ Sheila Tully Boyle and Andrew Bunie, Paul Robeson: the years of promise and achievement, pp103-104
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