Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Mason, Clifford, 1932-
2. Shange, Ntozake.
3. Shockley, Ed.
4. Thompson, Garland Lee.
5. Wesley, Richard, 1945-
6. Carroll, Vinnette.
7. Dodson, Owen, 1914-1983.
8. Evans, Mari, 1923-2017.
9. Graham, Billy.
10. Hemphill, A. Marcus.
11. Dee, Ruby.
12. Gordone, Charles.
13. Fuller, Charles H., 1939-
14. Holder, Laurence.
15. De Jongh, James.
16. Williams, Samm-Art.
17. Neal, Larry, 1937-

Description

1. 16.3 lin. ft.

Summary

1. Records contain administrative files, production files, including contracts and set designs, and more than one thousand play scripts from the Writers/Directors series and the Larry Neal Memorial Seminar Series.

Subject

1. Dramatists > United States
2. Drama > Study and teaching
3. Scripts
4. American drama > African American authors
5. African American dramatists
6. African American theater
7. Frank Silvera Writers Workshop

Genre/Form

1. Scripts.

Call number

1. Sc MG 64

Note

1. Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Divison.
2. Audiotapes, videotapes and films transferred to Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.
3. Material transferred to Art and Artifacts Division.
4. Scripts cataloged separately under individual playwrights.

Terms of use (note)

1. Photocopying of scripts requires permission of the

Source (note)

1. Frank Silvera Writers Workshop

Biography (note)

1. The Workshop was founded in 1973 by playwright/director Garland Lee Thompson, along with famed actor/director Morgan Freeman, director/actress Billie Allen and journalist Clayton Riley, as a living memorial to the late actor, director, teacher and producer, Frank Silvera (1914-1970). The Workshop has been based in the heart of Harlem, New York, for the past 26 years. The Workshop has built a long time-honored and prestigious reputation as a nationally and internationally renowned theatre for up-coming and established artists of all colors, sizes and shapes.

Processing action (note)

1. Surveyed
2. Accessioned
3. Cataloging updated

Author

1. Frank Silvera Writers Workshop.

Title

1. Frank Silvera Writers Workshop records, 1973-1992.

Terms of use

1. Photocopying of scripts requires permission of the Frank Silvera Writers Workshop.

Biography

1. The Workshop was founded in 1973 by playwright/director Garland Lee Thompson, along with famed actor/director Morgan Freeman, director/actress Billie Allen and journalist Clayton Riley, as a living memorial to the late actor, director, teacher and producer, Frank Silvera (1914-1970). The Workshop has been based in the heart of Harlem, New York, for the past 26 years. The Workshop has built a long time-honored and prestigious reputation as a nationally and internationally renowned theatre for up-coming and established artists of all colors, sizes and shapes.

Connect to:

1. Finding Aid

Added author

1. Mason, Clifford, 1932-
2. Shange, Ntozake.
3. Shockley, Ed.
4. Thompson, Garland Lee.
5. Wesley, Richard, 1945-
6. Carroll, Vinnette.
7. Dodson, Owen, 1914-1983.
8. Evans, Mari, 1923-2017.
9. Graham, Billy.
10. Hemphill, A. Marcus.
11. Dee, Ruby.
12. Gordone, Charles.
13. Fuller, Charles H., 1939-
14. Holder, Laurence.
15. De Jongh, James.
16. Williams, Samm-Art.
17. Neal, Larry, 1937-

Research call number

1. Sc MG 64