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Additional authors

1. Bickerton, Joseph P., 1878-1936
2. Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
3. Jones, Martin, 1902-1983
4. Marjones Productions, associated name.

Description

1. 1 item (1 page); 59 x 21 cm

Summary

1. The item is a printed power of attorney form issued by The Dramatists' Guild of The Authors' League of America, Inc., signed by Harlem Renaissance poet and playwright Langston Hughes and Martin Jones for Marjones Productions, Inc., on September 2, 1935. Martin Jones (Martin B. Jones, 1902-1983) was a theatrical producer. The document appoints Joseph P. Bickerton Jr., Arbiter, as attorney-in-fact to carry out the terms of the Minimum Basic Agreement between The Dramatists' Guild, and producing managers Langston Hughes (Author) and Marjones Productions, Inc. (Manager), for the negotiation of motion picture rights. The play's title is left blank, but extant documents signed by the parties that day identify Langston Hughes's play Mulatto, which opened on Broadway in 1935.

Subject

1. Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
2. Drama
3. United States
4. American drama > African American authors
5. Theatrical producers
6. Dramatists
7. Powers of attorney
8. Collective labor agreements > United States
9. African Americans > Drama
10. Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 > Mulatto

Genre/Form

1. Powers of attorney.
2. Drama.

Call number

1. Berg Coll MSS 186356

Author

1. Authors' League of America. Dramatists' Guild, creator.

Title

1. Langston Hughes and Marjones Productions power of attorney to Joseph P. Bickerton Jr. : printed form signed.

Production

1. 1935 September 2.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. sheet

Connect to:

1. Finding aid

Occupation

1. Dramatists.
2. Theatrical producers.

Added author

1. Bickerton, Joseph P., 1878-1936, associated name.
2. Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967, signer.
3. Jones, Martin, 1902-1983, signer.
4. Marjones Productions, associated name.

Research call number

1. Berg Coll MSS 186356