• Fig. 4. Photograph of Paul Robeson in the title role of Eugene O’Neill’s The Emperor Jones, a play in eight scenes. White Keysheet from February 11, 1925. ©NYPL. Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York City.

Paul Robeson as Brutus Jones in 1925 in New York

From Racing the Great White Way: Black Performance, Eugene O'Neill, and the Transformation of Broadway by Katie N. Johnson

  • Paul Robeson as Brutus Jones in the 1925 New York production. Photo: White Studio © ID g98f716_001, Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York City.
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  • African American Studies
  • Theater and Performance
  • American Studies
  • Literary Studies:American Literature
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  • 1925-02-11
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