Research Catalog

Title

Frank Silvera Writers Workshop records, 1973-1992.

Author

Frank Silvera Writers Workshop.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Mason, Clifford, 1932-
• Shange, Ntozake.
• Shockley, Ed.
• Thompson, Garland Lee.
• Wesley, Richard, 1945-
• Carroll, Vinnette.
• Dodson, Owen, 1914-1983.
• Evans, Mari, 1923-2017.
• Graham, Billy.
• Hemphill, A. Marcus.
• Dee, Ruby.
• Gordone, Charles.
• Fuller, Charles H., 1939-
• Holder, Laurence.
• De Jongh, James.
• Williams, Samm-Art.
• Neal, Larry, 1937-

Description

16.3 lin. ft.

Summary

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.

Subjects

• Frank Silvera Writers Workshop
• Dramatists > United States
• American drama > African American authors
• Drama > Study and teaching
• African American theater
• Scripts
• African American dramatists

Genre/Form

Scripts.

Note

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

Terms of Use (note)

• Photocopying of scripts requires permission of the

Source (note)

• Frank Silvera Writers Workshop

Biography (note)

• 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)

• Surveyed
• Accessioned
• Cataloging updated

Call Number

Sc MG 64

OCLC

NYPW89-A93

Author

Frank Silvera Writers Workshop.

Title

Frank Silvera Writers Workshop records, 1973-1992.

Terms Of Use

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

Biography

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.

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Added Author

Mason, Clifford, 1932-

Shange, Ntozake.

Shockley, Ed.

Thompson, Garland Lee.

Wesley, Richard, 1945-

Carroll, Vinnette.

Dodson, Owen, 1914-1983.

Evans, Mari, 1923-2017.

Graham, Billy.

Hemphill, A. Marcus.

Dee, Ruby.

Gordone, Charles.

Fuller, Charles H., 1939-

Holder, Laurence.

De Jongh, James.

Williams, Samm-Art.

Neal, Larry, 1937-

Research Call Number

Sc MG 64