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−	[[Blackface]] refers to the practice of a singer and/or comedian appearing on stage as a black person by painting the face.	+	[[Blackface]] (or [[black-face]]) refers to the practice of a singer and/or comedian appearing on stage as a black person by painting the face.

	Also referred to in some cases as a [[burnt cork mask]] and the performers referred to as [[burnt cork performers]].		Also referred to in some cases as a [[burnt cork mask]] and the performers referred to as [[burnt cork performers]].

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 Performances of plays and films involving non-white characters (e.g. ''[[Othello]]'') of course also employed a version of this technique over the ages.
+''See also '''[[Minstrels]]'''''
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 [[Blackface]] refers to the practice of a singer and/or comedian appearing on stage as a black person by painting the face.
-Also referred to in some cases as [[burnt cork performers|"burnt cork" performers]].
+Also referred to in some cases as a [[burnt cork mask]] and the performers referred to as [[burnt cork performers]].
 The practice originated as a performance tradition in America in the 1830s, quickly becoming popular globally, and would be most commonly associated with the [[minstrelsy]] tradition.  Early white performers in blackface used burnt cork and later greasepaint or shoe polish to blacken their skin and exaggerate their lips, often wearing woolly wigs, gloves, tailcoats, or ragged clothes to complete the transformation[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackface]. Later, black artists also performed in blackface.

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	Charles White and George W.H. Griffin. 1874-1900 (8 volumes) ''Darkey plays: a collection of Ethiopian dramas, farces, interludes, burlesque operas, ecentricities, extravaganzas, comicalities, whimsicalities, etc., etc., as played by the principal "burnt cork" performers all over the union''. New York: The Happy Hour Company[https://archive.org/details/darkeyplayscolle01whit/page/n1]		Charles White and George W.H. Griffin. 1874-1900 (8 volumes) ''Darkey plays: a collection of Ethiopian dramas, farces, interludes, burlesque operas, ecentricities, extravaganzas, comicalities, whimsicalities, etc., etc., as played by the principal "burnt cork" performers all over the union''. New York: The Happy Hour Company[https://archive.org/details/darkeyplayscolle01whit/page/n1]
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−	~~Charles White. 1900(?). ''The Darkey Drama: A Collection of Approved Ethiopian Farces, Interludes, Scenes, Etc.''~~

	Staub, A. 1992. "The social uses of festival: Transformation and disfiguration", ''[[South African Theatre Journal]]'' (''[[SATJ]]''), Volume 6:1, pp. 4-24.		Staub, A. 1992. "The social uses of festival: Transformation and disfiguration", ''[[South African Theatre Journal]]'' (''[[SATJ]]''), Volume 6:1, pp. 4-24.

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 Henry T. Sampson. 2013. ''Blacks in Blackface: A Sourcebook on Early Black Musical Shows'' Second edition, Toronto: Scarecrow Press.
-Charles White and George W.H. Griffin. 1874-1900 (8 volumes) ''Darkey plays: a collection of Ethiopian dramas, farces, interludes, burlesque operas, ecentricities, extravaganzas, comicalities, whimsicalities, etc., etc., as played by the principal "burnt cork" performers all over the union''.  New York: The Happy Hour Company
+Charles White and George W.H. Griffin. 1874-1900 (8 volumes) ''Darkey plays: a collection of Ethiopian dramas, farces, interludes, burlesque operas, ecentricities, extravaganzas, comicalities, whimsicalities, etc., etc., as played by the principal "burnt cork" performers all over the union''.  New York: The Happy Hour Company[https://archive.org/details/darkeyplayscolle01whit/page/n1]
 Charles White. 1900(?). ''The Darkey Drama: A Collection of Approved Ethiopian Farces, Interludes, Scenes, Etc.''

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	[[Blackface]] refers to the practice of a singer and/or comedian appearing on stage as a black person by painting the face.		[[Blackface]] refers to the practice of a singer and/or comedian appearing on stage as a black person by painting the face.
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		+	Also referred to in some cases as "[[burnt cork performers]]".

	The practice originated as a performance tradition in America in the 1830s, quickly becoming popular globally, and would be most commonly associated with the [[minstrelsy]] tradition. Early white performers in blackface used burnt cork and later greasepaint or shoe polish to blacken their skin and exaggerate their lips, often wearing woolly wigs, gloves, tailcoats, or ragged clothes to complete the transformation[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackface]. Later, black artists also performed in blackface.		The practice originated as a performance tradition in America in the 1830s, quickly becoming popular globally, and would be most commonly associated with the [[minstrelsy]] tradition. Early white performers in blackface used burnt cork and later greasepaint or shoe polish to blacken their skin and exaggerate their lips, often wearing woolly wigs, gloves, tailcoats, or ragged clothes to complete the transformation[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackface]. Later, black artists also performed in blackface.

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	Henry T. Sampson. 2013. ''Blacks in Blackface: A Sourcebook on Early Black Musical Shows'' Second edition, Toronto: Scarecrow Press.		Henry T. Sampson. 2013. ''Blacks in Blackface: A Sourcebook on Early Black Musical Shows'' Second edition, Toronto: Scarecrow Press.
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		+	Charles White and George W.H. Griffin. 1874-1900 (8 volumes) ''Darkey plays: a collection of Ethiopian dramas, farces, interludes, burlesque operas, ecentricities, extravaganzas, comicalities, whimsicalities, etc., etc., as played by the principal "burnt cork" performers all over the union''. New York: The Happy Hour Company

	Charles White. 1900(?). ''The Darkey Drama: A Collection of Approved Ethiopian Farces, Interludes, Scenes, Etc.''		Charles White. 1900(?). ''The Darkey Drama: A Collection of Approved Ethiopian Farces, Interludes, Scenes, Etc.''