Polk County : a musical comedy of Negro life, 1944.

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Polk County : a musical comedy of Negro life, 1944.

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Materials relating to the musical comedy written by Zora Neale Hurston and Dorothy Waring, with Stephen Kelen-d'Oxylion, Waring's husband, acting as producer. Three librettos: one typescript draft with paper covers, signed, with holograph annotations dated 1944 Mar 25; one typescript carbon draft with paper covers, undated; and one bound typescript, copyright 1944. Each libretto has a title label with Stephen Kelen-d'Oxylion's name and address printed on the cover; the cover title of the bound copy reads, "Polk County by Zora Neale Hurston and Dorothy Waring, a Comedy of Negro life on a sawmill camp with authentic Negro music, In 3 Acts." Accompanied by a fourteen-page typescript carbon containing suggested music and a synopsis of the musical, with a cover sheet containing Kelen-d'Oxylion's printed name and address.

0.20 linear ft. (1 box)

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Hurston, Zora Neale, 1891-1960

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Zora Neale Hurston was an American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker. She portrayed racial struggles in the early-1900s American South and published research on hoodoo. The most popular of her four novels is Their Eyes Were Watching God, published in 1937. She also wrote more than 50 short stories, plays, and essays. Hurston was born in Notasulga, Alabama, and moved with her family to Eatonville, Florida, in 1894. She later used Eatonville as the setting for many of her stories. It is n...

Kelen-d'Oxylion, Stephen, 1891-1964

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Born in Budapest, Hungary. He married Dorothy Waring in New York City on April 1, 1947. With his wife, he worked on the play "Polk County : a musical comedy of Negro life" with Zora Neale Hurst. He later worked as a designer with Jolie Gabor's jewelry business....