• Fig. 6. Paul Robeson in the 1939 tour revival of The Emperor Jones retooled for Depression era audiences. Photo by Vandamm Studio. © Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Paul Robeson in the 1939 revival of The Emperor Jones

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

  • Paul Robeson in the 1939 tour revival of The Emperor Jones re-tooled for Depression-Era audiences.
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  • African American Studies
  • Theater and Performance
  • American Studies
  • Literary Studies:American Literature
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  • 1939
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