Research Catalog

Title

Neil Harris plays, 1974-1993.

Author

Harris, Neil, 1936-

Supplementary Content

Finding aid

Details

Additional Authors

• Harris, Neil, 1936-
• Baker, Lynda.
• Frank Silvera Writers Workshop.

Found In

c2pc Frank Silvera Writers Workshop. Frank Silvera Writers Workshop records. (CStRLIN)NYPW89-A93.

Description

14

Summary

Collection contains photocopies of eleven unpublished play scripts.

Donor/Sponsor

Schomburg NEH Humanities Resources for African and African Diasporan Studies Access Project.

Subjects

• Plays
• Scripts
• Dramatists, American > 20th century
• American drama > 20th century
• Authors > United States
• American drama > African American authors
• African American authors
• African American dramatists
• Frank Silvera Writers Workshop
• Harris, Neil, 1936-

Genre/Form

• Scripts.
• Plays.

Terms of Use (note)

• Photocopying requires prior permission from Frank Silvera Writers Workshop.

Source (note)

• Frank Silvera Writers Workshop

Biography (note)

• Playwright, director, and conductor of theatrical workshops, Harris was born in Valhalla, NY.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms a part of: Frank Silvera Writers Workshop records. See collection record for more information.

Processing Action (note)

• Cataloged

Call Number

Sc MG 64

OCLC

NYPW98-A15

Author

Harris, Neil, 1936-

Title

Neil Harris plays, 1974-1993.

Terms Of Use

Photocopying requires prior permission from Frank Silvera Writers Workshop.

Linking Entry

Forms a part of: Frank Silvera Writers Workshop records. See collection record for more information.

Biography

Playwright, director, and conductor of theatrical workshops, Harris was born in Valhalla, NY. Neil Harris Iona College, New Rochelle, New York, for two years (1957-1959). A self-taught playwright, he established and directed a number of drama/writers workshops in New York during the 1970s: the Dickie Austin Theater Workshop in New Rochelle, the Black Osmosis Drama-Writers Workshop in Pelham, and the Shades Drama Workshop at the College of New Rochelle. He is the founder and director of the Neil Harris Experimental Theater in Mount Vernon, NY. Neil Harris wrote scripts for the "Sanford and Son" TV series. He received grants from the Westchester Council of the Arts, 1972, and the American Film Institute, 1973.

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Finding aid

Added Author

Harris, Neil, 1936- First love.

Harris, Neil, 1936- Passion without reason.

Harris, Neil, 1936- Neckbone.

Harris, Neil, 1936- Way cookie crumbles.

Harris, Neil, 1936- Soul breaker.

Harris, Neil, 1936- Native American play: saga of Isom Dart.

Harris, Neil, 1936- Beethoven.

Harris, Neil, 1936- Sugar Ray!

Baker, Lynda.

Frank Silvera Writers Workshop.

Found In:

c2pc Frank Silvera Writers Workshop. Frank Silvera Writers Workshop records. (CStRLIN)NYPW89-A93.

Research Call Number

Sc MG 64