Records, 1960-1980.

Green, Paul, 1894-1981

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Paul Eliot Green(1894-1981) was a Southern playwright, poet, and novelist. Born in Lillington, North Carolina, Green lived in the state all of his life and tried to capture in his writings the culture and heritage of the American South, concentrating on the experiences of tenant farmers, mill workers, Native Americans and African Americans. Green studied at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill under folk dramatist Frederick Koch of the Carolina Playmakers. After an interruption of his ...

Pioneer Amphitheatre (Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Texas)

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Texas Panhandle Heritage Foundation.

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Organized by Ples and Margaret Harper in 1960 for the purpose of producing and financing a summer outdoor drama in the new Pioneer Amphitheater in Palo Duro Canyon State Park. Paul Green, the famous outdoor dramatist, was commissioned by the Harpers to write an outdoor play. The result was "Texas", now produced annually during the summer months. Margaret Harper and the Texas Panhandle Heritage Foundation also produced other plays, "Thundering Sounds of the West" and "They Came From Spain" in 196...