On View
Taking the Stage Gallery
Exhibition
Taking the Stage
Created by
Karamu House, American, founded 1915
Subject of
Gilpin Players, American, founded 1922
Courlander, Harold, American, 1908 - 1996
Date
1934
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
H x W: 9 x 6 in. (22.9 x 15.2 cm)
Description
Original program for a 1934 production by the Gilpin Players at The Karamu Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio. Program consists of black typed text on a single folded sheet of tan paper. The front cover reads [THE GILPIN PLAYERS / present / Two Plays / GOD’S OWN / A Comedy-satire in One Act / by Isadora Bennett / and / SWAMP MUD / A Play in Three Scenes / by Harold Courlander / THE KARAMU THEATRE]”. The inside of the program lists the cast of the two plays and on the back cover is an announcement of an art exhibit in an adjacent room in the theatre.
Place made
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
Type
theater programs
Topic
Actors
Comedy (Theatre)
Drama (Theatre)
Theatre
Theatre companies
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Michael Courlander.
Object number
2011.84.1
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd51f7a749b-a7ca-477e-91b9-cbfc6ff5c39e

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