American Negro Theatre scrapbook, 1945-1947.

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American Negro Theatre scrapbook, 1945-1947.

The American Theatre Scrapbook was donated and possibly compiled by Maxwell Glanville, however there is no mention of him in the programs or articles.

1 vol.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6769730

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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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...

Glanville, Maxwell, 1918-1992

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Maxwell Glanville was an actor, writer, producer and director dating from the 1940s. He was associated with three theatre groups: the American Negro Theatre (ANT), Committee for the Negro in the Arts (CNA), and the American Community Theatre (ACT). Glanville began his career as an actor with the ANT, which provided professional training and development, and produced plays concerning aspects of black life that appealed primarily to the Harlem community under the stewardship of co-fou...

Hill, Abram, 1911-1986

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