John C. Russell papers Russell (John C.) papers 1975-1999 (bulk 1987-1993)

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John C. Russell papers Russell (John C.) papers 1975-1999 (bulk 1987-1993)

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The John C. Russell papers are a collection of the late playwright’s scripts, notebooks, journals, correspondence, photographs and personal documents, most of them produced during the six years before his death in 1994.

2 linear feet (2 records center boxes, 1 letter-sized document case)

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Brown University Library, Special Collections

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Russell, John C., -1994

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John Charles Russell wrote the play “Stupid Kids,” which opened Off-Broadway in 1998, four years after his death at age 31 from AIDS. The play established Russell as a playwright of great unfulfilled promise, part of a vibrant New York City cultural scene that was critically diminished by the HIV epidemic of the ‘80’s and ‘90’s. Russell grew up in Long Island, New York, graduated from Oberlin College in Ohio and earned his M.F.A. from Brown’s Graduate Writin...