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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 View
    Culture/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.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd59841d4c4-a1f4-42b8-a75f-2ca3e0a0fca2
  • 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.
    .
    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)
    Topic
    Caricature and cartoons
    Civil rights
    Drama (Theatre)
    Literature
    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.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd59c59d759-b4e8-43af-a30f-10fa77f40bf4
  • 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
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd57e39ee1a-f15b-4b71-b718-7bdea9ddeb51
  • 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 View
    Culture/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)
    Type
    journals (periodicals)
    Topic
    Activism
    Black power
    Drama (Theatre)
    Literature
    Race relations
    Social reform
    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.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd511bec59c-873a-4ec0-9c72-0ec26d0c8d18
  • 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 View
    Culture/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.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd57f7188d5-f979-4816-b77a-88a67a066e71
  • 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 View
    Culture/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.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd56bcb8360-0dcf-45bb-baf3-3795638a0ac4
  • 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
    Topic
    Broadway Theatre
    Drama (Theatre)
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kayla Deigh Owens
    Object number
    2011.45.29
    Restrictions & Rights
    Playbill used by permission. All rights reserved, Playbill Inc.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50f774153-3640-4daa-8579-8f94d946ec5e
  • 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.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd52b8783f8-c0af-4f94-b241-b96c062c1e09
  • 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
    Topic
    Broadway Theatre
    Drama (Theatre)
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kayla Deigh Owens
    Object number
    2011.45.86
    Restrictions & Rights
    Playbill used by permission. All rights reserved, Playbill Inc.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd54bd62fe8-75c6-47a6-81a2-75e06a5242f9
  • 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 View
    Culture/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
    Topic
    Communities
    Drama (Theatre)
    Families
    Literature
    Race relations
    Violence
    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
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a9619c78-d862-42c9-8648-2e143435df4d
  • 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.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd52fafe156-a30e-4a15-a0a9-887bf0be06c6
  • 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 View
    Culture/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.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ced106c0-a112-4d52-9810-821b92b73605
  • 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.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d71f4b08-3ef4-4a20-b314-8f31ca5cfbe4
  • 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)
    Topic
    Drama (Theatre)
    Literature
    Theatre companies
    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
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd55f5d1845-dc97-42e6-9253-4944d63d3f89
  • 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
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd55e079735-93fb-4e30-974e-631acb6e82d2
  • 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
    Topic
    Broadway Theatre
    Drama (Theatre)
    Musical Theatre
    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.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd563bc7fe8-9e3f-4ea3-a3d4-2fd3c1a7c993
  • 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
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd571c6640f-e4ea-41b5-a92a-f4a9e4511371
  • CC0 Creative Commons - No Rights Reserved icon

    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
    Topic
    Actors
    Broadway Theatre
    Drama (Theatre)
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kayla Deigh Owens
    Object number
    2011.45.14
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public domain
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5151fc587-27a0-4aba-a414-cf72d1c017ce
  • 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 View
    Culture/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
    Topic
    Actors
    Broadway Theatre
    Drama (Theatre)
    Families
    Men
    Race relations
    Urban life
    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.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd533668500-26a9-4478-a6e6-ac72f9f7c0e4
  • 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
    Topic
    Drama (Theatre)
    Race relations
    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.
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd561b8d152-fe7e-4704-9c8e-86f007e20933

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