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Black Playwrights and Heightened Text: When Shakespeare Ain't Enuf breaks down the misconception that heightened text sits only within a white tradition and brings the work of Black playwrights from across history to the forefront by highlighting the use of heightened dramatic text in their work.
Jacqueline Springfield is an actor, director and educator. She currently serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre and Performance Studies at Kennesaw State University, USA. She is a certified Associate Instructor of Fitzmaurice Voicework and an Associate Editor of the International Dialects of English Archive.
Introduction Chapter 1. Defining and Re-defining Heightened Text Chapter 2. Rhythm and Blues: Scansion and the Nuances of African American Vernacular English Chapter 3. On Coming from Africa to America: From Phillis Wheatley to the African Grove Theatre Chapter 4. The Harlem Renaissance: The New Negro Era Chapter 5. The Legacy of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun Chapter 6. Writing a Revolution: Theatre of the Black Arts Movement and the Creation of the Black Aesthetic Chapter 7. August Wilson: The Century Cycle and Wilson's Effect on the Post-Black Arts Movement Chapter 8. Take a Giant Step: Heightened Text at the Turn of the Century and Beyond Interviews: In Their Own Words Interviewees' biographies Define the term "heightened text" Discussing rhythm, meter and the intentionality of how language is used in playwriting On favorite Black playwrights and the legacy they leave How can we expand, re-define, and/or de-colonize the classical canon?