Dr. Eleanor W. Traylor, an English professor at Howard University, has used part of her career to critique theatre and create texts based on her experience with the theatrical arts. Among the writings that she has produced and published, "Two Afro-American Contributions to Dramatic Form" is one of the many that seeks to analyze Afro-American theatre and determine the true importance it has had to theatre as a whole. Dr. Traylor has opened up a path for her readers to better understand the lasting impact that Afro-Americans have had on theatre all the way through the modern age by presenting them with what she believes to be the two best contributions that they have made to the theatre: the minstrel show, and the slave-narrative. The first
