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White Bostonian Joseph Bradford (1843-1886)〔()〕 was an American playwright who most famously helped write a landmark production, ''Out of Bondage'', the first African American musical comedy,〔(Composers and Music, California Sheet Music )〕 with Pauline Hopkins and the Hyers Sisters, debuting in 1876. The production featured Sam Lucas, a famous minstrel performer of the era.〔Hill, pg. 71〕 Bradford was also an actor, poet and journalist. He wrote for the Boston Courier as "Jay Bee". ==Works== *''New German'' (1872) *''Law in New York'' (1873) *''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'' (1874) Libretto *''The Conditional Pardon'' (1875) *''Fritz's Brother'' (1875) *''Out of Bondage'' (1876) *''In and Out of Bondage'' (1877) *''Our Bachelors'' (1877)〔Augustus Thomas (''The Print of My Remembrance - Page 115'' ) (2004) ISBN 0766199436〕 *''A.A. 1900'' (1879) *''John Mishler'' (1882) *''One of the Finest'' (1883) *''A Wonderful Woman'' (1883) *''Cherubs'' (1885) *''Rose and Coe'' (1886) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joseph Bradford (American playwright)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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