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White Bostonian Joseph Bradford (1843–1886)[1] was an American playwright who most famously helped write a landmark production, Out of Bondage, the first African American musical comedy,[2] with Pauline Hopkins and the Hyers Sisters, debuting in 1876.[3] The production featured Sam Lucas, a famous minstrel performer of the era.[4]

Joseph Bradford
Born	William Randolph Hunter October 24, 1843 Nashville, Tennessee
Died	April 13, 1886 Boston, Massachusetts
Pen name	Jay Bee
Notable works	Out of Bondage

Bradford was also an actor, poet and journalist.[1] He wrote for the Boston Courier as "Jay Bee".[1]

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)[5] OCLC 44017470
• A.A. 1900 (1879)
• John Mishler (1882)
• One of the Finest (1883)
• A Wonderful Woman (1883)
• Cherubs (1885)
• Rose and Coe (1886)

References

Citations

Sources

• Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography – Volume 1 – Page 348
• Hill, Errol; Hatch, James Vernon (2003). A History of African American Theatre. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-62443-6.
• Koskoff, Ellen, ed. (2000). Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Volume 3: The United States and Canada. Garland Publishing. ISBN 0-8240-4944-6.

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Joseph Bradford, de son vrai nom William Randolph Hunter, né le 24 octobre 1843 à Nashville dans le Tennessee et mort le 13 avril 1886 à Boston dans le Massachusetts, est un dramaturge américain[1].

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