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Archie Shepp plays

Title
Archie Shepp plays, n.d.
Author
Shepp, Archie.
Supplementary Content
Finding aid

Details

Additional Authors
  • Shepp, Archie.
  • Negro Ensemble Company.
Found In
c2pc Negro Ensemble Company. Negro Ensemble Company records. (CStRLIN)NYPW98-A157.
Description
2
Summary
Collection contains photocopies of two unpublished play scripts.
Donor/Sponsor
Schomburg NEH Humanities Resources for African and African Diasporan Studies Access Project.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Scripts.
  • Plays.
Access (note)
  • There are no restrictions on access to the plays.
Source (note)
  • Negro Ensemble Company
Biography (note)
  • Archie Shepp was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1937. He grew up in Philadelphia where he studied drama at Goddard College (1955-59). After graduating he settled in New York, where he worked with Cecil Taylor (Off-Broadway director) and appeared in the play "The Connection." While trying to secure theatrical work in New York he started playing the saxophone and soon performed in avant-garde ensembles. Shepp used free jazz as a vehicle for political expression and was an important factor in the growing acceptance of Afro-American identity. From 1974 on he has held the position of Associate Professor at the University of Massachusetts and continues his concert career at the same time, working mostly in Europe. Archie Shepp influenced many avant-garde saxophonists. Shepp contributed plays to the Negro Ensemble Company.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms a part of: Negro Ensemble Company records. See collection record for more information.
Processing Action (note)
  • Cataloged
Call Number
Sc MG 345
OCLC
NYPW98-A327
Author
Shepp, Archie.
Title
Archie Shepp plays, n.d.
Access
There are no restrictions on access to the plays.
Linking Entry
Forms a part of: Negro Ensemble Company records. See collection record for more information.
Biography
Archie Shepp was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1937. He grew up in Philadelphia where he studied drama at Goddard College (1955-59). After graduating he settled in New York, where he worked with Cecil Taylor (Off-Broadway director) and appeared in the play "The Connection." While trying to secure theatrical work in New York he started playing the saxophone and soon performed in avant-garde ensembles. Shepp used free jazz as a vehicle for political expression and was an important factor in the growing acceptance of Afro-American identity. From 1974 on he has held the position of Associate Professor at the University of Massachusetts and continues his concert career at the same time, working mostly in Europe. Archie Shepp influenced many avant-garde saxophonists. Shepp contributed plays to the Negro Ensemble Company.
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Finding aid
Added Author
Shepp, Archie. Sixty-nine.
Shepp, Archie. Skulls.
Negro Ensemble Company.
Found In:
c2pc Negro Ensemble Company. Negro Ensemble Company records. (CStRLIN)NYPW98-A157.
Research Call Number
Sc MG 345
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