Spencer, Lilian White, 1876-1953
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Lilian White Spencer was a playwright and poet who lived in Denver, Colo. as a child and again from 1918-1944. Spencer wrote plays, reviews of plays, script revisions, poetry and also translated French literature. She was best known in Denver for pageant writing. She wrote The Pageant of Colorado, an epic drama, which was performed May 1927 with a cast of 1,500 as part of a celebration commemorating the opening of the Moffatt Tunnel. The collection includes pen and ink drawings by Dean Babcock used to illustrate Spencer's book of poetry, Bestiary.
From the description of Lilian White Spencer papers, 1918-1944. (University of Denver, Penrose Library). WorldCat record id: 49042938
Denver, Colo. author.
From the description of Papers, 1923-1944. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 14710230
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Subjects:
- American poetry
- Poets, American
- Drama
- Pageants
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- Colorado (as recorded)
- Colorado--Denver (as recorded)
- Colorado (as recorded)
