Ọtụtụ mgbe Mitchell
James Loften Mitchell (Eprel 15, 1919 – Mee 14, 2001) bụ onye America na-ede egwuregwu na onye ọkọ akụkọ ihe nkiri bụ onye so na ngagharị ihe nkiri ojii America nke 1960s.
Ndụ na ọrụ[dezie | dezie ebe o si]
A mụrụ Mitchell na Columbus, North Carolina, sitere na ezinụlọ ndị America America, wee kwaga dịka nwata ya na nne na nna ya na Harlem . Dị ka nwa akwụkwọ sekọndrị, ọ malitere ime na ide ihe ngosi ihe nkiri, wee sonye na ndị egwuregwu Rose McClendon . Ọ zutere ndị na-eme ihe nkiri dị ka Ethel Waters na George Wiltshire, wee hụ ịkpa ókè agbụrụ na mbụ na ndụ ya kwa ụbọchị. N'ihi ya, o kpebiri ịrụ ọrụ n'igosipụta ihe oyiyi dị mma nke ndị ojii, na inye ohere ọrụ ka mma, na ihe nkiri. Ọ gara City College of New York wee nweta akwụkwọ mmụta ịga Ụlọ Akwụkwọ Talladega na Alabama, bụ ebe o dere akwụkwọ nke mechara bụrụ ihe ndabere nke akwụkwọ 1967 ya, Black Drama: Akụkọ nke American Negro na Ụlọ ihe nkiri . [1] [2] Ọ lụrụ Helen Marsh na 1943; ha mụrụ ụmụ nwoke abụọ, ma mesịa gbaa alụkwaghịm. [2]
Mgbe ọ jere ozi afọ abụọ na US Naval Reserve na Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ, ọ laghachiri Harlem ma guzobe otu ụlọ ihe nkiri, 115th Street People's Theatre, na-etinye egwuregwu mbụ ya, Blood in the Night, na 1946. Ọ ghọrọ nwa akwụkwọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Mahadum Columbia n'etiti 1947 na 1951, na-agụ akwụkwọ egwuregwu, ebe ọ na-arụkwa ọrụ dị ka onye nyocha maka ngalaba ọdịmma. [2] Emepụtara egwuregwu ya The Bancroft Dynasty maka ụlọ ihe nkiri ndị mmadụ na 1948. Otu ụlọ ihe nkiri ahụ wee ghọọ Harlem Showcase Theatre, bụ nke gosipụtara Mitchell's The Shame of the Nation na 1952, dabere na ikpe mmeko nwoke a ma ama, na-esote egwuregwu ya The Cellar na City Called Norfolk . [3] [4]
Site na 1950 ruo 1962, Mitchell dere, ma mee ihe na, The Later Years, ihe omume redio na ọdụ New York WNYC . Egwuregwu ya na 1957 A Land Beyond the River bụ mgbanwe akụkọ ifo nke ndụ onye nkuzi na pastọ Joseph DeLaine, onye ikpe ya nyere aka kwụsị nkewa n'ụlọ akwụkwọ ọha na US. Egwuregwu ahụ nwere ogologo ọsọ na-apụ na Broadway ma mesịa bipụta ya dị ka akwụkwọ. [1] [5] Mitchell meriri otu Guggenheim Fellowship na 1958. [1] N'afọ 1960, o wepụtara egwuregwu atọ ahụ, Star of the Morning, bụ nke o dere edemede na egwu, nke Romare Bearden na Clyde Fox dere egwu. [6] [7]
Mitchell dekwara gwa Fero, nke ndị odide ahụ na-atụgharị uche na mmalite Africa na ahụmahụ ha site na ịgba ohu nke òtù ndị ruuru obodo ; na, ya na Irving Burgie, dere Ballad maka Bimshire, ihe egwu na-apụ apụ na Broadway. Site na 1971 ọ bụ prọfesọ na Mahadum steeti New York na Binghamton . [2] E bipụtara akwụkwọ akụkọ ya, The Stubborn Old Lady Who Resisted Change na 1973, ma dezie Voices of the Black Theatre (1975). [1]
N'afọ 1976, a họpụtara Mitchell maka ihe nrite Tony maka revue, Bubbling Brown Sugar . Emebere ya na New York na London, ebe ahọpụtara ya maka onyinye Laurence Olivier . [5] [2] Egwuregwu egwu 1983 ya, Miss Waters, To You, dabere na ndụ onye na-eme ihe nkiri na onye na-agụ egwú Ethel Waters. [1]
Mitchell lụrụ ọzọ na 1991, na Gloria Anderson. [2] Ọ nwụrụ na Queens, New York, na Mee 14, 2001, dị afọ 82. [1] [5]
Ntụaka[dezie | dezie ebe o si]
nwa akwụkwọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Mahadum Columbia n'etiti 1947 na 1951, na-agụ toMitchell dere, ma mee ihe na, ndị mmadụ na 1948. Otu ụlọ ihe nkiri ahụ wee
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Loften Mitchell 1919–2001, Playwright", Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2 December 2019
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Loften Mitchell, a theatrical Icon", AARegistry. Retrieved 2 December 2019
- ↑ Bernard L. Peterson, Lena McPhatter Gore, The African American Theatre Directory, 1816-1960: A Comprehensive Guide to Early Black Theatre Organizations, Companies, Theatres, and Performing Groups, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1997, p.168
- ↑ Peterson and Gore, p.91
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Kenneth Jones, "Loften Mitchell, Playwright During African-American Theatre's Fervent Years, Dead at 82", Playbill, May 24, 2001. Retrieved 2 December 2019
- ↑ Library of Congress. Copyright Office. (1960). Catalog of Copyright Entries 1960 Dramas Jan-Dec 3D Ser Vol 14 Pts 3-4, United States Copyright Office (in English), U.S. Govt. Print. Off..
- ↑ Gussow. "Loften Mitchell, 82, Dramatist and Writer on Black Theater (Published 2001)", The New York Times, 2001-05-23. Retrieved on 2021-02-11. (in en-US)
Njikọ mpụga[dezie | dezie ebe o si]
- [1] Ihe enyemaka ịchọta mkpokọta Loften Mitchell, ọba akwụkwọ mahadum Binghamton