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Miller, Henry (Henry D.). Henry D. Miller theater collection, 1957-2005 (bulk 1970-2002)

Title: Henry D. Miller theater collection, 1957-2005 (bulk 1970-2002)

The Henry Miller Theater Papers chronicles Miller's work in theater, film and television as an artist and scholar and spans the period 1957-2005. The Collection is divided into two series: Theater-Personal and Theater-General. The Theater-Personal series consists of general correspondence, production papers and other materials related to plays which Miller either wrote, performed in, or directed, playwright workshops in which he was involved, and his professional and academic writings and projects in film, television and theater, including his work with black theater organizations such as the Afro-American Repertory theater Company, the Atlanta Theater of the Stars/Just Us Theater Company, and the Yomo/New Heritage Repertory theater. The theater-General series is a collection of material by and about other African-American writers, actors and theater companies that Miller amassed over the span of his career. The Theater-General series also contain a collection of scripts by well- and little-known African-American playwrights including Kai Adwoa, Sylvain Bemba, Christopher Blake, Townsend Brewster, Thomas E. Buckrham Jr., Steve Carter, Wendell Carter, Ronald Llyod Davis, Rafael Diaz, Hisani Du Bose, Marjorie Eliot, Everett Ensley, J.E. Franklin, Arthur French Jr., Haile Gerima, Maxwell Glanville, Don Wilson Glen, Sam Greenlee, Laurence Holder, Endesha Holland, CeOtis Hornstein-Robinson, Leecynth Hunkins, Rashidah Ismaili, Matthew Jackson, Gertrude Jeanette, James Arlington Jones, Ken Lauber, Glenville Lovell, Malik, Norman Matlock, Lofton Mitchell, Winston Lungelo Mvusi, Mark Nelson, Owa (Dr. Howard Jackson), Passion (Rhonda Hansome), Louis Peterson, Clayton Riley, Garret Robinson, S.M. Shephard-Massat, David Smith, Valerie Thomas, Jacqueline Wade, Clifton Walker, Rudy Wallace, Marion Warner, Ajene Washington, Jaso Wati and Richard Wright.

ArchivalResource: 4.2 lin. ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/312181503 View

Frank Silvera Writers Workshop records, 1973-1992.

Title: Frank Silvera Writers Workshop records, 1973-1992.

Records contain administrative files, production files, including contracts and set designs, and more than one thousand play scripts from the Writers/Directors series and the Larry Neal Memorial Seminar Series.

ArchivalResource: 83 lin. ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122576036 View

Frank Silvera Writers Workshop records, 1973-1992

Title: Frank Silvera Writers Workshop records 1973-1992

The Workshop was founded in 1973 by playwright/director Garland Lee Thompson, along with famed actor/director Morgan Freeman, director/actress Billie Allen and journalist Clayton Riley, as a living memorial to the late actor, director, teacher and producer, Frank Silvera (1914-1970). The Workshop has been based in the heart of Harlem, New York, for the past 26 years. The Workshop has built a long time-honored and prestigious reputation as a nationally and internationally renown playwrights development theatre for up-coming and established artists of all colors, sizes and shapes. Records contain administrative files, production files, including contracts and set designs, and more than one thousand play scripts from the Writers/Directors series and the Larry Neal Memorial Seminar Series. Scripts are chiefly unpublished and unproduced and were written by members of the workshop. Among playwrights included are Mari Evans, Billy Graham, A. Marcus Hemphill, Larry Neal, Vinnette Carroll, Ruby Dee, Owen Dodson, Charles Gordone, Charles Fuller, Laurence Holder, James De Jongh, Clifford Mason, Ntozake Shange, Ed Shockley, Garland Lee Thompson, Richard Wesley, and Samm-Art Williams.

ArchivalResource: 83 lin. ft.

http://archives.nypl.org/scm/20721 View