Playscripts
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Owen Dodson typescript for "Amistad"
Item
Identifier: 2527
Content Description
This collection consists of a 100-page typescript copy of a play written by Owen Dodson entitled "Amistad." The play was written for the 100th anniversary of the Amistad Event and premiered at Talladega College on April 15, 1940, under the direction of Lillian Voorhees. This copy is labeled "copy 85" and included handwritten revisions to the cast list.
Dates:
Other: 1939
Free Southern Theater records
Collection — papers
Identifier: 158
Scope and Contents
The records of the Free Southern Theater (FST) date from 1960 to 1978, but the bulk is from 1965 to 1976. The records total 62 linear feet and eleven oversized boxes. The records have been arranged in four major series (with subseries): Administrative series, theater production series, general correspondence series, and financial record series. Materials reflect the creative output of the FST, and include play scripts, collected ephemera, and photographs of the troupe’s performances. ...
Dates:
Created: 1960-1978; Other: Date acquired: 12/31/1980
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Free Southern Theater records
John O'Neal papers
Collection
Identifier: 279
Scope and Contents
The papers highlight the personal and professional life of John M. O'Neal, Jr. The John O'Neal papers consist of 25.94 linear feet and document O'Neal's artistic style and vision as an African American actor, director, playwright, and community and civil rights activist. The papers are of interest for studying the southern Black Arts Movement and more specifically the Black Theater Movement; the Free Southern Theater; the Civil Rights Movement; voter rights registration; race relations;...
Dates:
Created: 1927-1999; Other: Majority of material found in 1970-1989; Other: Date acquired: 02/01/1983
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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John O'Neal papers
Robert L. Pierce play script
Collection
Identifier: 2053
Content Description
The colletion contains two copies of a working draft of a script, Esteban, by Robert L. Pierce, one bound in spiral binding. The original text of Esteban is by Fred Myers, and the original score is by Lucas Estrade. The draft relates to the Black explorer, also known as Estevanico or Esteban the Moor, who was the first trans-Atlantic explorer into what is now the southwestern United States. The operatic play is in three acts...
Dates:
Other: 1967
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Robert L. Pierce play script