- Additional Authors
- 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- Collection contains photocopies of two unpublished play scripts.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.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Access (note)
- There are no restrictions on access to the plays.
- Source (note)
- 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)
- 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.
- Connect to:
- 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