Henry D. Miller theater collection, 1957-2005 (bulk 1970-2002)

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Henry D. Miller theater collection, 1957-2005 (bulk 1970-2002)

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The Henry Miller Theater Papers chronicles Miller's work in theater, film and television as an artist and scholar and spans the period 1957-2005. The Collection is divided into two series: Theater-Personal and Theater-General. The Theater-Personal series consists of general correspondence, production papers and other materials related to plays which Miller either wrote, performed in, or directed, playwright workshops in which he was involved, and his professional and academic writings and projects in film, television and theater, including his work with black theater organizations such as the Afro-American Repertory theater Company, the Atlanta Theater of the Stars/Just Us Theater Company, and the Yomo/New Heritage Repertory theater. The theater-General series is a collection of material by and about other African-American writers, actors and theater companies that Miller amassed over the span of his career. The Theater-General series also contain a collection of scripts by well- and little-known African-American playwrights including Kai Adwoa, Sylvain Bemba, Christopher Blake, Townsend Brewster, Thomas E. Buckrham Jr., Steve Carter, Wendell Carter, Ronald Llyod Davis, Rafael Diaz, Hisani Du Bose, Marjorie Eliot, Everett Ensley, J.E. Franklin, Arthur French Jr., Haile Gerima, Maxwell Glanville, Don Wilson Glen, Sam Greenlee, Laurence Holder, Endesha Holland, CeOtis Hornstein-Robinson, Leecynth Hunkins, Rashidah Ismaili, Matthew Jackson, Gertrude Jeanette, James Arlington Jones, Ken Lauber, Glenville Lovell, Malik, Norman Matlock, Lofton Mitchell, Winston Lungelo Mvusi, Mark Nelson, Owa (Dr. Howard Jackson), Passion (Rhonda Hansome), Louis Peterson, Clayton Riley, Garret Robinson, S.M. Shephard-Massat, David Smith, Valerie Thomas, Jacqueline Wade, Clifton Walker, Rudy Wallace, Marion Warner, Ajene Washington, Jaso Wati and Richard Wright.

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New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Theater of the Stars (Atlanta, Ga.)

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Holder, Laurence

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Riley, Clayton

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Afro-American Repertory Theatre Company (Bronx, New York, N.Y.)

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Jeanette, Gertrude.

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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...

Just Us Theater Company (Atlanta, Ga.)

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Peterson, Louis, 1922-....

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Miller, Henry (Henry D.)

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A veteran theater artist of the 1960s and 1970s civil rights inspired Black theater movement, Henry Miller has directed a number of plays in the African-American drama canon, staging more than 30 Off-Off Broadway and regional productions. Between 1962 and 1992, Miller founded three black theater companies - the Joseph Patterson Players (1962-1965), the Afro-American Repertory Theatre Company (1971-1978) and the James Baldwin Writers' Workshop Theater (1992-2002). His one-act plays, "The Christma...

James Baldwin Writers Workshop Theatre (Bronx, New York, N.Y.)

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Greenlee, Sam, 1930-....

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Over the course of his career, Sam Greenlee has been a novelist, poet, screenwriter, journalist, teacher, and talk show host. Born in Chicago on July 13, 1930, he attended Chicago public schools. At age fifteen, Greenlee participated in his first sit-in and walked in his first picket line. His social activism continues to this day.In 1952, Greenlee received his B.S. in political science from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and the following year he attended law school. Deciding against a la...

Ensley, Everett, 1931-1986

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Carter, Steve, 1929-

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Franklin, J. E. (Jennie Elizabeth), 1937-

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Wright, Richard

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Epithet: solicitor? British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000622.0x000236 Student at University of Maine. From the description of Folklore paper, 1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70953611 ...

Brewster, Townsend, 1924-

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Holland, Endesha Ida Mae, 1944-2006

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Endesha Ida Mae Holland (August 29, 1944 – January 25, 2006) was an American scholar, playwright, and civil rights activist. She earned a BA, MA, and PhD at the University of Minnesota, where she helped start an African-American studies department....

Mitchell, Loften

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African American author, novelist, and screenwriter; interested in race relations; b. 1919. From the description of Loften Mitchell collection, 1964-1985. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70960214 ...