Английская Википедия:Harlem: A Melodrama of Negro Life in Harlem
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Italic title Harlem: A Melodrama of Negro Life in Harlem is a 1929 play by Wallace Thurman. One of its original titles was Black Mecca[1] and another was Black Belt. The play was loosely based on Thurman's short story "Cordelia the Crude". The play was written with Thurman's friend William Jourdan Rapp.[2][3] It opened at the Apollo Theater and was successful, featuring a depiction of a migrant family coming to New York for a better life but meeting hardship in the city.[2]
In its entry on the Harlem Renaissance, Encyclopædia Britannica describes the play as depicting vice and crime with "vernacular and slang-ridden dialogue". It drew praise from white critics and mixed reactions from African American critics, some of whom lamented its focus on the lower echelons of Harlem society.[4] It played for 93 showings and then toured in other cities.[5]
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