• Fig. 19. Lawrence Tibbett in blackface performing the title role in the operatic adaptation of The Emperor Jones in 1933. Photo: Carlo Edwards, Metropolitan Opera Archives.

Lawrence Tibbett in blackface performing the opera adaptation of The Emperor Jones

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

  • Lawrence Tibbett in blackface performing the title role in the operatic adaptation of The Emperor Jones in 1933.
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  • African American Studies
  • Theater and Performance
  • American Studies
  • Literary Studies:American Literature
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  • 1933
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