American Negro Theatre records 1940-1981 1940-1950

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American Negro Theatre records 1940-1981 1940-1950

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The records contain ANT's constitution and by-laws; correspondence by Frederick O'Neal, Abram Hill, Maxwell Glanville, Hilda Sims, Alice Childress, and Harry Wagstaff Gribble; assorted programs; minutes of the board of directors; financial records; articles; ANT's School of Drama; Planning, Administrative, Reorganization, Playreading and Audience Building Committees minutes and notes; and Theatre Renovations information.

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section

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American Negro Theatre

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The American Negro Theatre (ANT) co-founded by Frederick O'Neal and Abram Hill, was established to provide black actors, playwrights, directors and other theatre-related professionals with opportunities to work in productions that illustrated the diversity of black life. ANT's program was essentially divided into three categories: stage productions, a training program and radio programs. From 1940-1949, nineteen plays, twelve of them original, were produced by ANT. "On S...

Simms, Hilda, 1920-

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Hilda Simms (1920-1994), actress, was best known for playing the title role in the American Negro Theater production of "Anna Lucasta" which moved successfully to Broadway in 1944. Her acting career also included film, television and radio broadcasts. During the 1960s and 1970s, Simms worked for creative arts and drug treatment programs in New York. From the guide to the Hilda Simms papers, 1937-1994, (The New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black C...

Glanville, Maxwell

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Hill, Abram, 1911-1986

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Gribble, Harry Wagstaff, 1896-1981

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O'Neal, Frederick, 1905-1992

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Frederick O'Neal was an African-American actor and director in theater, motion pictures, radio and television, as well as a labor leader in performing arts unions. Primarily a character actor, O'Neal began his career in St. Louis, Mo., where he organized the Aldridge Players. After more than ten years of acting in road companies throughout the West and Midwest, in 1936 O'Neal settled in New York City. In 1940, together with Abram Hill, he co-founded the American Negro Theatre (ANT) ...

Childress, Alice

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Pioneering African-American writer, actress and director Alice Childress (1916-1994) was popularly known for her best-selling novel, "A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich," and her plays, most notably "Wedding Band: A Love Story in Black and White." In the 1930s she met and married Alvin Childress, best known for his role as Amos in the television series, "Amos and Andy. "She was a founding member of the American Negro Theatre, and in 1944 she and her husband Alvin appeared in "Anna ...