Word: ethiopian
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...sacredness in the act of basing music on Indian elements and in the opinion that the true, real and essentially American music will be built in part on Indian elements. Something of the same attitude exists with regard to Negro music. Of course, both Indian music and the Ethiopian characteristics in Negro music are utterly foreign to Caucasian Americans, and the use of such a base for the music of the U. S. is about as reasonable as the use of Chinese or Tasmanian music. Still the very exoticism of the idea has its attraction, and the reasons...
...Constitution of Negro Liberty were drawn up. A flag colored black, red and green was adopted; a World Leader and Supreme Deputy Potentate were elected; plans were made to build a " Black House " in Washington for Marcus Garvey, newly elected Provisional President of Africa. The following Universal Ethiopian Anthem was adopted...
...Comedy of Errors. The Ethiopian Art Theatre offered, as the second bill of its repertory season, Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors, played in the interior of a circus tent, with ringmaster in a top-hat and false moustaches directing the change of scenes, and a jazz-band titivating itself offstage in the pauses of the action. Most of the critics seem to agree in the opinion that the jazz was good, the performance fair and Mr. Shakespeare could do better if he really tried...
...even before Shakespeare- and there are few " familiar quotations " in the Comedy of Errors to help or hinder the audience into a feeling that they are being educated instead of amused. But the misadventures of the various Antipholuses and Dromios-played with speed and nonchalance wherever possible, as the Ethiopian players did it-can still entertain those not too acutely conscious of " The Possible Future of the Drama," or " Shakespeare as They Performed him When...
...Ethiopian Art Theatre. It was the avowed purpose of Mr. Raymond O'Neil, director of this group of Negro players, to develop his troupe along the lines of their own individual and racial characteristics rather than to train them into a smooth imitation of white-skinned actors. And here, it would seem, he has succeeded already?and should succeed to an even greater degree in the future. The first bill of their repertory season consists of a one-act curtain-raiser, The Chip Woman's Fortune, followed by Oscar Wilde's Salome. The Chip Woman's Fortune, a mild little...