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for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf
- Illustrated by
- Davis, Paul Brooks, American, born 1938
- Subject of
- Dr. Shange, Ntozake, American, 1948 - 2018
- Booth Theatre, American, founded 1913
- Date
- 1976
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 054
- Exhibition
- Taking the Stage
- Medium
- ink on paper.
- Dimensions
- H x W: 46 1/8 × 22 15/16 in. (117.2 × 58.3 cm)
- Description
- An illustrated poster for the choreopoem, “for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf,” by Ntosake Shange, featuring a painted, three quarters profile, upper body portrait of a young woman wearing a yellow head scarf, yellow tank top and gold and feather earrings. The portrait is of Ntozake Shange. She is standing against a white tile subway wall which has a single red tile stripe at the base of the wall. The main poster text is written in rainbow-colored, cursive, paint brushstrokes with simulated paint drips, and text reads, [For / Colored / Girls / who have / Considered / Suicide / When / The / Rain- / bow / is / Enuf]. In the top right corner is a box painted to appear like small tiles with white text against a dark red background that reads, [BOOTH THEATRE / 222 W. 45TH ST.] followed by a white, right pointing arrow. The artist's signature is in that bottom right corner, against a white tile.
- Place depicted
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
- Type
- posters
- Topic
- Caricature and cartoons
- Drama (Theatre)
- Feminism
- Gender
- Identity
- Poetry
- Sexuality
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Wopo Holup
- Object number
- 2013.85.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- © The New York Shakespeare Festival. Permission required for use.
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Blues for Mr. Charlie
- Written by
- Baldwin, James, American, 1924 - 1987
- Used by
- Actors Studio, American, founded 1947
- Received by
- Gunn, Bill, American, 1934 - 1989
- Date
- 1964
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product), imitation leather
- Dimensions
- 11 1/2 x 8 3/4 x 7/8 in. (29.2 x 22.2 x 2.2 cm)
- Title
- Play script belonging to James Baldwin
- Description
- James Baldwin's personal copy of Blues for Mr. Charlie, an original mimeographed play scrip. The script is bound in pale blue leatherette with large brass rivets. The script is inscribed to fellow-writer and filmmaker William Gunn "For Bill Gunn, at last, Jimmy B." and additionally "J.B." Baldwin scribbled over the words "Property of Actors Studio Theatre, 745 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y" with the same black marker.
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- Place used
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- scripts (documents)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2011.57.19
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Estate of James Baldwin. Permission required for use.
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Broken Strings
- Directed by
- Ray, Bernard B, Russian, 1895 - 1964
- Written by
- Muse, Clarence Edouard, American, 1889 - 1979
- Created by
- Ray, Bernard B, Russian, 1895 - 1964
- Subject of
- Lewis, Sybil, American, 1919 - 1988
- Washington, William, American, 1924 - 1982
- Moore, Tommie, American, 1917 - 2004
- Beard, Mathew Jr., American, 1925 - 1981
- Webster, Pete, American, 1905 - 1988
- Thompson, Edward, American, 1898 - 1960
- Woods, Buck, American, 1905 - 1974
- Jones, Darby, American, 1910 - 1986
- Brooks, Jess Lee, American, 1894 - 1944
- Morris, Earle, American, born 1897
- The Stevens Sisters, American
- Carpenter, Elliot, American, 1894 - 1982
- Date
- 1940
- Medium
- acetate film
- Dimensions
- Duration: 60 Minutes
- Length (Film Reel 1): 1300 Feet
- Length (Film Reel 2): 900 Feet
- Description
- A 16mm release print of a feature film entitled Broken Strings. It consists of a single reel of positive 16mm acetate film (a), is in black-and-white and contains sound. A single row of perforations runs along one edge, while a variable-area, optical-sound (audio on film) track runs along the other.
- In the opening scene, a man plays the violin at a concert as his family watches his performance from the wings and audience members smile. At the end of his performance, the audience applauds, and he returns to the wings, hands his son his violin before returning to the stage a third time and addressing the audience.
- The rest of the film follows the violinist, whose career abruptly ends when he suffers a hand injury in a motor vehicle accident. His hopes of passing his classical training and success to his son are challenged when he learns his son prefers swing music to refined classical.
- Place depicted
- United States, North and Central America
- Place filmed
- United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Nieman Film Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- sound films
- black-and-white films (visual works)
- release prints (motion pictures)
- feature films
- 16mm (photographic film size)
- Topic
- Domestic life
- Drama (Theatre)
- Jazz (Music)
- Musicians
- Race films
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Randall and Sam Nieman
- Object number
- 2015.167.3.1ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Black Theater: The Drama Review, Volume 12, Number 4
- Published by
- Tisch School of the Arts, American, founded 1965
- Edited by
- Bullins, Ed, American, born 1935
- Subject of
- Dr. Newton, Huey P., American, 1942 - 1989
- Baraka, Amiri, American, 1934 - 2014
- Carmichael, Stokely, Trinidadian American, 1941 - 1998
- Date
- 1968
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 054
- Exhibition
- Taking the Stage
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 10 × 6 7/8 × 1/2 in. (25.4 × 17.5 × 1.3 cm)
- Description
- A paperback journal with black cover, The Drama Review: Volume 12, Number 4. The subtitle of this volume is Black Theater. The front cover is black with white text and illustration. At the top of the cover is the masthead with the publication’s subtitle [BLACK / THEATRE] with the title of the publication [tdr / the drama review] in a white outlined block in the lower right corner of the subtitle. Below the masthead is a black and white illustration of a poster covering the text of a billing block. The poster illustration features a silhouette of a man holding a shotgun on the upper left quadrant. In the upper third of the poster is black text in a mix of typeface and handwritten style text: [THE / BLACK / ARTS / ALLIANCE / PRESENTS / A BENEFIT FOR / THE BLACK PANTHER / PARTYFOR SELF DEFENSE / THURSDAY MAY 25 /8:00PM / FILLMORE AUDITORIUM / 1805 GEARY BLVD. / SAN FRANCISCO]. The bottom third of the poster features the text [SPEAKERS] followed by the names of the following individuals [HUEY P. NEWTON / MINISTER OF DEFENSE / FOR B.P.P.S.D], [LeRoi Jones/ [---?] / [---?]], [Stokley Carmichael / FORMER CHAIRMAN / OF SNCC] [PLUS / BLAX DRAMA AND MUSIC / [---?] /[---?]]. In the bottom right corner of the front cover in white text is [$2.00 15s]. The spine is black with white text at the spine head that reads [tdr/the drama review] and [new york university T40] at the spine foot. The back cover features an advertisement for Century Theatre Lighting. The book is one hundred and eighty pages long. Inscription in pencil on the page preceding the table of contents.
- Place printed
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Movement
- BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kathleen M. Kendrick
- Object number
- 2015.64.6
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1968 The Drama Review. Permission required for use.
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Playbill for Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
- Published by
- Playbill, American, founded 1884
- Edited by
- Samuelson, Judy
- Subject of
- Smith, Anna Deavere, American, born 1950
- Wolfe, George Costello, American, born 1954
- Cort Theatre, American, founded 1912
- Date
- April 1994
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 054
- Exhibition
- Taking the Stage
- Medium
- ink on paper with metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Closed): 8 3/8 × 5 7/16 × 1/8 in. (21.2 × 13.8 × 0.3 cm)
- H x W x D (Open): 8 3/8 × 10 11/16 × 3/4 in. (21.2 × 27.1 × 1.9 cm)
- Description
- Playbill, volume 94, number 4, featuring the play, "Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992," written by Anna Deavere Smith, directed by George C. Wolfe, and performed at the Cort Theatre, New York, in 1994. The top third of the cover is the masthead, a yellow rectangular field with black type with the magazine's title, [PLAYBILL®] above the text [CORT THEATRE]. Below the masthead is a white field outlined in black, with a black-and-white image depicting the silhouette of four (4) tall palm trees and a fire in the bottom left corner that is giving off a diagonal plume of smoke that darkens the top third of the image. Above the trees is a close-up of two eyes. The title of the play, which is also the main coverline, is written above and just below the top edge of the image in black and white text, [TWILIGHT: / LOS ANGELES, 1992]. The back cover features an ad for Carlton cigarettes. All of the pages are glossy and bound together with staples. Most of the interior pages are off-white with black type with black-and-white images and color images. The magazine has seventy (70) pages.
- Place printed
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place used
- Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- theater programs
- Topic
- Broadway Theatre
- Drama (Theatre)
- Justice
- Race relations
- Resistance
- U.S. History, 1969-2001
- Urban life
- Violence
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kathleen M. Kendrick
- Object number
- 2015.64.12
- Restrictions & Rights
- Playbill used by permission. All rights reserved, Playbill Inc.
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Playbill for A Raisin in the Sun with insert essay ‘Sweet Lorraine'
- Published by
- Playbill, American, founded 1884
- Written by
- Baldwin, James, American, 1924 - 1987
- Printed by
- Unidentified
- Edited by
- Ross, Blake
- Subject of
- Hansberry, Lorraine, American, 1930 - 1965
- Leon, Kenny, American, born 1956
- Washington, Denzel, American, born 1954
- Richardson Jackson, LaTanya, American, born 1040
- Okonedo, Sophie, British, born 1968
- Ethel Barrymore Theatre, American, founded 1928
- Date
- April 2014
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 054
- Exhibition
- Taking the Stage
- Medium
- ink on paper with metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (2015.64.14.1 Closed): 8 9/16 × 5 3/8 × 3/16 in. (21.7 × 13.7 × 0.5 cm)
- H x W x D (2015.64.14.1 Open): 8 9/16 × 10 3/8 × 7/8 in. (21.7 × 26.3 × 2.2 cm)
- H x W x D (2015.64.14.2 Closed): 9 × 4 1/4 (22.8 × 10.8 × 0.1 cm)
- H x W x D (2015.64.14.2 Open): 9 × 12 5/8 × 1 in. (22.8 × 32 × 2.5 cm)
- L x W (2015.64.14.3): 9 1/16 × 4 1/16 in. (23 × 10.3 cm)
- Description
- Playbill magazine (2015.61.14.1), April 2014, featuring the play, "A Raisin in the Sun" written by Lorraine Hansberry, directed by Kenny Leon, starring Denzel Washington, LaTanya Richardson, and Sophie Okonedo, and performed at the Ethel Barrymore Theater, New York 2014. The top third of the cover is the masthead, a yellow rectangular field with black type with the magazine's title, [PLAYBILL ®] above the text [ETHEL BARRYMORE THEATER]. Below the masthead and outlined with a Kente cloth border, is a black-and-white image tinted blue of a young boy on a street. The boy walks past a row of receding buildings seen in the upper right quadrant to the upper left. The boy is pictured on the right side near the lower corner. He holds something to his mouth in his proper left hand and holds books under his proper right arm. Behind him, centered in the image, is a woman wearing a long coat, carrying an umbrella on her proper left arm. Overlaying the image is a narrow, a Kente cloth outline of a circle. In the lower third of the image, justified on the left side, is orange text with the title of the play, which is also the main coverline, [a RAISIN / in the SUN]. Below the image at the bottom is a small yellow rectangle with a website in black text. The back cover features an ad for Gucci cologne. The magazine has fifty-two (52) pages.
- A tri-folded pamphlet of the essay "Sweet Lorraine" (2015.61.14.2) about Lorraine Hansberry, written by James Baldwin. Printed on semi-gloss paper, the pamphlet is navy blue with stylized, Kente cloth borders throughout. On the front in the upper right corner is a circular, black-and-white image of Lorraine Hansberry. Overlapping the image is white block text [SWEET / LORRAINE]. Below the title is the byline in orange text, [BY JAMES BALDWIN] followed by a line of white text that reads [THAT'S THEY WAY I ALWAYS FELT ABOUT YOU, AND SO / I WON'T APOLOGIZE FOR CALLING HER THAT NOW.]. Below the text and byline is the beginning of Baldwin's essay in white text. The inside of the pamphlet the essay continues and features four (4) circular black and white images of cityscapes. In the lower left corner of the back page is an additional black-and-white image of Hansberry. Above and around the image are the final paragraphs of the essay.
- A narrow cell phone reminder flyer (2015.61.14.3) with navy blue background with a narrow, stylized Kente cloth border, printed on glossy paper. Covering the whole of flyer is block text of varying sizes. The text is in orange and white, justified on the right side and reads [DEAR FRIENDS, / PLEASE / PROTECT YOUR / OWN GOOD TIME / AND THAT OF YOUR / NEIGHBOR BY / TURNING / OFF YOUR / CELL/ PHONE / NOW. / THANK YOU.]. The reverse is blank.
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- theater programs
- Topic
- Actors
- Broadway Theatre
- Domestic life
- Drama (Theatre)
- Families
- Poverty
- Race discrimination
- Race relations
- Segregation
- Theatre companies
- Tragedy (Theatre)
- Urban life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kathleen M. Kendrick
- Object number
- 2015.64.14.1-.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- Playbill used by permission. All rights reserved, Playbill Inc.
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Playbill for The First Breeze of Summer
- Published by
- Playbill, American, founded 1884
- Used by
- Palace Theatre, American, founded 1913
- Subject of
- Ayler, Ethel, American, 1934 - 2018
- Brown, Charles, American, 1946 - 2004
- Crudup, Carl
- DeMaio, Peter, American
- Foster, Frances, American, 1924 - 1997
- Gunn, Moses, 1929 - 1993
- Drake-Hooks, Bebe
- League, Janet, American
- McKay, Anthony, American, born 1965
- Myers, Lou, American, born 1945
- Ward, Douglas Turner, born 1930
- Date
- 1975
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 8 7/8 x 5 5/8 in. (22.5 x 14.3 cm)
- Description
- Playbill for The First Breeze of Summer. White background with yellow box at top; white box below, graphic of woman in a dress holding a purse while standing in front of a fence and a tree. [PLAYBILL/PALACE THEATRE/ the first breeze of summer]. White circular sticker on back, handwritten 1975.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place used
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- theater programs
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kayla Deigh Owens
- Object number
- 2011.45.29
- Restrictions & Rights
- Playbill used by permission. All rights reserved, Playbill Inc.
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Theatre program for The Blacks
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Barnett, Brunetta
- Belgrave, Cynthia
- Gossett, Louis Jr., American, born 1936
- Monson, Lex
- Manigault, Kenneth, American
- Roker, Roxie, American, 1929 - 1995
- St. Jacques, Raymond, American, 1930 - 1990
- Scott, Mel
- Spruill, James
- Stubbs, Louise
- Ward, Douglas Turner, born 1930
- Warfield, Marlene, American, born 1940
- Williams, Duke, American
- Date
- 1961
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 9 3/8 x 6 3/8 in. (23.8 x 16.2 cm)
- Description
- Theater program for The Blacks. White background with an image of four men and one woman wearing white masks. White circular sticker on back, handwritten 1961. [SHOWBILL/THE BLACKS]
- Place used
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- theater programs
- Topic
- Drama (Theatre)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kayla Deigh Owens
- Object number
- 2011.45.8
- Restrictions & Rights
- Showbill used by permission. All rights reserved, Playbill Inc.
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Playbill for The River Niger
- Published by
- Playbill, American, founded 1884
- Used by
- Brooks Atkinson Theatre, American, founded 1926
- Subject of
- Brown, Graham, American, 1924 - 2011
- Foster, Frances, American, 1924 - 1997
- Irby, Dean, American
- McClain, Saundra, American
- Richen, Neville
- Roberts, Les, American, born 1937
- Roker, Roxie, American, 1929 - 1995
- Wainwright, Lennal
- Ward, Douglas Turner, born 1930
- Weldon, Charles, American, born 1940
- Whitaker, Grenna
- Date
- 1973
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 9 x 5 5/8 in. (22.9 x 14.3 cm)
- Description
- Playbill for The River Niger. White background with pink, orange, and yellow box at top; white box below with black lettering. [PLAYBILL/MAGAZINE/BROOKS ATKINSON/THEATRE/THE RIVER NIGER] White circular sticker on back, handwritten 1973.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place used
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- theater programs
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kayla Deigh Owens
- Object number
- 2011.45.86
- Restrictions & Rights
- Playbill used by permission. All rights reserved, Playbill Inc.
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Five Plays by Ed Bullins
- Written by
- Bullins, Ed, American, born 1935
- Published by
- Bobbs-Merrill Company, American, founded 1850
- Illustrated by
- Ratzkin, Lawrence, American, 1931 - 2011
- Photograph by
- The New York Times, American, founded 1851
- Date
- 1969
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 054
- Exhibition
- Taking the Stage
- Medium
- ink on paper with cloth, cardboard and pressure-sensitive tape
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 8 1/2 × 5 13/16 × 1 3/16 in. (21.6 × 14.8 × 3 cm)
- Description
- A first edition, hardcover book with dust jacket, Five Plays by Ed Bullins. The dust jacket features a full-page black-and-white photograph of Ed Bullins in front of the New Lafayette Theater. Bullins is seen from the waist up, facing the camera, wearing a black long sleeve shirt, unbuttoned at the neck. He is also wearing a thick, chain with large pendant around his neck. Behind his proper left shoulder is the sign for the theater with a black and white stylized face above black text that reads [THE NeW / LaFaYeTTE / THEaTRe]. Behind his proper right shoulder is a pair of glass doors. The lower half of the cover features the book title in red stylized text written over Bullin's shirt, [FIVE PLAYS / BY ED / BULLINS]. Along the bottom edge of the front cover in white text is [WINNER OF THE 1968 VERNON RICE AWARD]. The spine of the dust jacket is white with black, narrow, text [FIVE PLAYS BY ED BULLINS / BOBBS-MERRILL]. The back cover of the dust jacket is white with black text that features two Bullins’ play reviews by Library Journal and Publisher’s Weekly. The interior front and back flaps of the dust jacket feature a review of Bullins’ plays and short biography written by Black Theatre. The book has a black cloth binding. The exterior spine of the book is embossed with metallic red text that spans the entire length of the spine, [FIVE PLAYS BY ED BULLINS / BOBBS-MERRILL]. Both the front and back covers of the book are blank. The book features five plays include Goin’ a Buffalo; In the Wine Time; A Son, Come Home; The Electronic Nigger; Clara’s Ole Man. The title pages for each play are preceded by a black-and-white image from a live performance of that play. The book is two hundred and eighty-two (282) pages long. There are inscriptions in ink and pencil on the front free endpaper.
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Movement
- BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976)
- Type
- hardcover books
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kathleen M. Kendrick
- Object number
- 2015.64.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Plays of Negro Life: A Source-Book of Native American Drama
- Published by
- Harper & Brothers, American, 1817 - 1962
- Illustrated by
- Douglas, Aaron, American, 1899 - 1979
- Edited by
- Locke, Alain LeRoy, American, 1885 - 1954
- Gregory, Thomas Montgomery, American, 1887 - 1971
- Date
- 1927
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 8 7/8 × 6 1/8 × 1 1/2 in. (22.5 × 15.5 × 3.8 cm)
- H x W x D (closed): 8 13/16 × 6 1/4 × 1 5/8 in. (22.4 × 15.9 × 4.1 cm)
- Description
- A hardcover book titled copy of Plays of Negro Life: A Source-Book of Native American Drama. The front and back covers depict abstract figures and floral elements silhouetted on a light purple background. The binding of the book is green with an off-white square at the top reading "PLAYS OF / NEGRO LIFE / SELECTED AND EDITED BY / ALAIN LOCKE / AND / MONTGOMERY GREGORY.” An adhesive bookplate is attached to the front pastedown page. The bookplate is in the shape of a book and depicts shapes, people and circus animals. It reads “Panam et Circenses” at the top and “Stacy May” at the bottom. Handwritten in black ink on the front free endpaper at center is “Stacy May / Citizenship [illegible] house.” The book has four hundred and thirty (430) pages and sixteen (16) illustrations.
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Movement
- Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement)
- Type
- hardcover books
- Topic
- Drama (Theatre)
- Literature
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.53.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Aaron Douglas Foundation/Licensed by Visual Artists & Galleries Association, Inc (VAGA), New York, NY. Permission required for use.
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Plays and Pageants from the Life of the Negro
- Edited by
- Richardson, Willis, American, 1889 - 1977
- Illustrated by
- Wells, James Lesesne, American, 1902 - 1993
- Published by
- The Associated Publishers, Inc., American, 1921 - 2005
- Date
- 1930
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 054
- Exhibition
- Taking the Stage
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 9 1/16 × 6 7/16 × 1 1/2 in. (23 × 16.4 × 3.8 cm)
- Description
- A hardcover book titled Plays and Pageants from the Life of the Negro by Willis Richardson. The front cover is brown with black text and images and boxes. The top box contains the title and author of the book. An image in the bottom box depicts the heads of two figures with short hair silhouetted in profile and looking to the left. Wavy and straight lines are underneath the heads. The binding has the title with similar straight and wavy lines separating from a silhouetted depiction of a cloaked figure holding a staff and “THE / ASSOCIATED / PUBLISHERS” near the bottom. The back cover is brown and blank. The front free endpaper is stamped with “Alice B. Durham” in purple ink at top right. The book is three hundred seventy-three (373) pages and is illustrated throughout with stylized woodcuts.
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Movement
- Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement)
- Type
- hardcover books
- Topic
- Drama (Theatre)
- Literature
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.53.6
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1930, Associated Publishers Inc. Permission required for use.
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Negro History in Thirteen Plays
- Written by
- Richardson, Willis, American, 1889 - 1977
- Miller, May, American, 1899 - 1995
- Published by
- The Associated Publishers, Inc., American, 1921 - 2005
- Date
- 1935
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 8 9/16 × 5 7/8 × 1 1/4 in. (21.7 × 14.9 × 3.2 cm)
- Description
- A hardback copy of Negro History in Thirteen Plays by Willis Richardson and May Miller. Front cover is burnt orange with black type, reading [NEGRO HISTORY/in/THIRTEEN PLAYS/RICHARDSON AND MILLER]. Binding reads [NEGRO/HISTORY/in/THIRTEEN PLAYS/RICHARDSON/and/MILLER/THE/ASSOCIATED/PUBLISHERS,/INC.] also in black type. Back cover is blank. Three hundred thirty-three (333) interior pages, all off-white with black type.
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Movement
- Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement)
- Type
- hardcover books
- Topic
- Drama (Theatre)
- Literature
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.53.7
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1935 Associated Publishers, Inc. Permission required for use.
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The Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
- Written by
- Elder III, Lonne, American, 1927 - 1996
- Printed by
- Studio Duplicating Service, Inc., American, 1957 - 1997
- Subject of
- Negro Ensemble Company, American, founded 1967
- Date
- 1965
- Medium
- ink on paper with metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 11 1/2 × 9 × 3/4 in. (29.2 × 22.9 × 1.9 cm)
- Description
- A script titled "The Ceremonies in Dark Old Men" written and used by Lonne Elder, III. The script is printed in black text on white paper and has 108 pages. The pages are printed single-sided. It is bound with a black cover embossed with gold text reading “THE CEREMONIES / IN DARK OLD MEN / by Lonne Elder, III.” Also printed in gold text in the bottom left corner of the cover is “studio duplicating service, inc. / 434 west 43rd street new york / LO 3-1225.” The script is fastened together with two brass colored fasteners. The cover is creased and flacking. The title page is inscribed with the author’s address and the address for the Negro Ensemble Company at the St. Marks Playhouse.
- Place made
- Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
- Place used
- New York City, Manhattan, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Type
- scripts (documents)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Lonne Elder III Estate
- Object number
- 2019.82.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Lonne Elder III
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Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
- Written by
- Elder III, Lonne, American, 1927 - 1996
- Published by
- Farrar Straus Giroux, founded 1946
- Printed by
- Crane Duplicating Service, Inc., American
- Date
- September 1969
- Medium
- ink on paper with plastic
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 11 × 5 3/4 × 1/2 in. (27.9 × 14.6 × 1.3 cm)
- Description
- A galley proof titled, Ceremonies in Dark Old Men, written and owned by Lonne Elder, III. The proof has a light green cover and a plastic, spiral binding. Stamped diagonally at the top of the front cover in black ink is “UNCORRECTED PROOF.” Printed in black ink at the center of the cover is “LONNE ELDER III” and “CEREMONIES / IN / DARK OLD MEN.” Printed at the bottom center of the cover is the publisher's logo of three geometric fish with "FARRAR, STRAUS AND GIROUX / NEW YORK." The proof contains 118 double-sided pages with black printed text. The inside of the cover has a label from the publisher with [A SET OF GALLEYS] printed at the top. The label has been completed with typed black text and gives the publication date as "9/69" and the price as "4.95 / 1.95." The first page contains a message about the creation of the galley proof from the printer, "CRANE DUPLICATING SERVICE, INC." with an addresss on Cape Cod in Barnstable, Massachusetts.
- Place printed
- Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Place made
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Type
- galley proofs
- Topic
- Drama (Theatre)
- Film
- Literature
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Lonne Elder III Estate
- Object number
- 2019.82.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Lonne Elder III
-
Playbill for Aida
- Published by
- Playbill, American, founded 1884
- Used by
- Palace Theatre, American, founded 1913
- Subject of
- Headley, Heather, Trinidadian American, born 1974
- Pascal, Adam, American, born 1970
- Daine, Taylor, American, born 1962
- Johnson, Todd Alan, American
- Perkins, Damian, American, born 1974
- Allen, Tyrees, American
- Malcolm, Graeme, Scottish, born 1951
- Date
- August 2001
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 8 3/4 x 5 1/4 in. (22.2 x 13.3 cm)
- Description
- Playbill for Aida. Blue background with yellow box at top, graphic center with outline of female face half in yellow and half in black and AIDA below. [PLAYBILL/ PALACE THEATRE/ AIDA] White circular sticker on back, handwritten 2001.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place used
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- theater programs
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kayla Deigh Owens
- Object number
- 2011.45.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Playbill used by permission. All rights reserved, Playbill Inc.
-
Theatre program for Black Holes
- Created by
- Richards, Lloyd, Canadian, 1919 - 2006
- Subject of
- Kennedy, Laurie
- Corfman, Caris
- Corse, Homer
- MacVittie, Bruce
- Mendillo, Stephen
- Macrino, Joseph
- Date
- July 30, 1988
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 9 x 5 3/4 in. (22.9 x 14.6 cm)
- Description
- Theater program for Black Holes by Leslie Lyles- Saturday, July 30, 1988, 9:30am. White background with black lettering. [Eugene/O'Neil/Theater/Center/George C. White/The 1988/NATIONAL PLAYWRIGHTS CONFERENCE/ NEW DRAMA FOR TELEVISION/LLOYD RICHARDS, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/ BLACK HOLES/ by/LESLIE LYLES/SATURDAY, July 30 9:30am/BARN-EL BASEMENT]
- Place used
- Waterford, New London County, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- theater programs
- Topic
- Drama (Theatre)
- Television
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kayla Deigh Owens
- Object number
- 2011.45.10
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
-
CC0
Theatre program for Boesman and Lena
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Jones, James Earl, American, born 1931
- Dee, Ruby, American, 1924 - 2014
- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 9 3/8 x 6 3/8 in. (23.8 x 16.2 cm)
- Description
- Theater program for Boesman and Lena directed by John Berry. Black and white with drawing of two people sitting and facing each other. White circular sticker on back, handwritten 1970. [play/fare/BOESMAN AND LENA]
- Place used
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- theater programs
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kayla Deigh Owens
- Object number
- 2011.45.14
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
-
Playbill for Fences
- Published by
- Playbill, American, founded 1884
- Used by
- Richard Rodgers Theatre, American, founded 1925
- Subject of
- Wilson, August, American, 1945 - 2005
- Jones, James Earl, American, born 1931
- Alice, Mary, American, born 1941
- Aranha, Ray, American, 1939 - 2011
- Brown, Charles, American, 1946 - 2004
- Faison, Frankie R., American, born 1949
- Miller, Karima
- Vance, Courtney Bernard, American, born 1960
- Date
- 1987
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 054
- Exhibition
- Taking the Stage
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 8 3/8 x 5 5/8 in. (21.3 x 14.3 cm)
- Description
- Playbill for Fences. White background with yellow box at top; white box below, graphic of two men placed at either end of title, man on right is wearing a football uniform while man on left has his arms at his hips. [PLAYBILL/46th STREET THEATRE/FENCES] White circular sticker on back, handwritten 1987.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place used
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- theater programs
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kayla Deigh Owens
- Object number
- 2011.45.27
- Restrictions & Rights
- Playbill used by permission. All rights reserved, Playbill Inc.
-
Theatre program for Fences
- Created by
- Elmwood Playhouse, American, founded 1948
- Subject of
- Wilson, August, American, 1945 - 2005
- Harris, Neil
- White, William
- Anderson, Marilyn
- Allen, Steve
- Lima, Joe Albert
- Hannah, Quester
- Jessamy, Ceaira
- Date
- 2001
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (21.6 x 14 cm)
- Description
- Theatre program for Fences. Off-white background with shadowed font and title at center; graphic in top left corner of two small figures in an outline of a house, one of the fugures is kneeling. [Elmwood/Playhouse/FENCES/2001-2002/OUR 55TH SEASON]
- Place used
- Nyack, Rockland County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- theater programs
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kayla Deigh Owens
- Object number
- 2011.45.28
- Restrictions & Rights
- © August Wilson. Permission required for use.