Dancing In The Dark

Dancing In The Dark
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Publisher : Random House
Total Pages : 228
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ISBN-10 : 9781409002437
ISBN-13 : 1409002438
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Book Synopsis Dancing In The Dark by : Caryl Phillips

Download or read book Dancing In The Dark written by Caryl Phillips and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-07-28 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The funniest man I ever saw, and the saddest man I ever knew.' This is how W.C. Fields described Bert Williams, the highest-paid entertainer in America in his heyday and someone who counted the King of England and Buster Keaton among his fans. Born in the Bahamas, he moved to California with his family. Too poor to attend Stanford University, he took to life on the stage with his friend George Walker. Together they played lumber camps and mining towns until they eventually made the agonising decision to 'play the coon'. Off-stage, Williams was a tall, light-skinned man with marked poise and dignity; on-stage he now became a shuffling, inept 'nigger' who wore blackface make-up. As the new century dawned they were headlining on Broadway. But the mask was beginning to overwhelm Williams and he sank into bouts of melancholia and heavy drinking, unable to escape the blackface his public demanded.


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