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Clayton Riley plays

Title
Clayton Riley plays, [1975?].
Author
Riley, Clayton
Supplementary Content
Finding aid

Details

Additional Authors
Frank Silvera Writers Workshop
Found In
c2pc Frank Silvera Writers Workshop. Frank Silvera Writers Workshop records. (CStRLIN)NYPW89-A93.
Description
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Summary
Collection contains photocopies of two unpublished play scripts.
Donor/Sponsor
Schomburg NEH Humanities Resources for African and African Diasporan Studies Access Project.
Subject
  • Riley, Clayton
  • Frank Silvera Writers Workshop
  • African American dramatists
  • African American authors
  • American drama > African American authors
  • Authors > United States
  • American drama > 20th century
  • Dramatists, American > 20th century
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 drama critic, Clayton Riley was born in Brooklyn, NY, in 1935.
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-A103
Author
Riley, Clayton.
Title
Clayton Riley plays, [1975?].
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 drama critic, Clayton Riley was born in Brooklyn, NY, in 1935. Riley is one of the leading interpreters of the Black Arts movement. He was the entertainment editor of the New York Amsterdam News; drama critic of the Liberator; and a contributor to Ebony, the New York Times, Black World, Black Creation, and numerous other periodicals. His work is anthologized in "Harlem" (1970) and the "Black aesthetic" (1971). Clayton Riley taught courses in black drama, literature, music, filmmaking at Fordham University, Howard University, Sarah Lawrence College, and the American Film Institute. he served as production assistant in the filming of "Nothing but a man," 1964. Television appearances include "Black Journal" (1971) and "Black News" (1971). Riley directed "On the goddam lock-in" (Off-Broadway, 1975). He is a member of the Harlem Writers Guild and the Drama Desk, and was associated with the Frank Silvera Writers Workshop in New York City.
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Finding aid
Added Author
Riley, Clayton. Over.
Riley, Clayton. Gilbeau.
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
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