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Rose McClendon : Harlem's gift to Broadway

Title
Rose McClendon : Harlem's gift to Broadway [videorecording] / New Federal Theatre, Woodie King, Jr., producing director, presents ; written by and starring Vinie Burrows ; directed by Douglas Turner Ward ; [video director] Penny Ward ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Betty L. Corwin, director.
Publication
New York, c1999.

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Additional Authors
  • King, Woodie, Jr., 1937-
  • Ward, Douglas Turner
  • Burrows, Vinie
  • Hoffman, Kent
  • Tynes, Antoinette
  • Ellis, Anita
  • Schellenbaum, Tim
  • Johnson, Louis, 1930-
  • Bukanla
  • Ward, Penny
  • Corwin, Betty L.
  • Burrows, Vinie
  • New Federal Theatre (New York, N.Y.), production company
  • Ford Foundation
  • New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive
Description
1 videodisc (DVD) (109 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Subject
  • McClendon, Rose, 1884-1936
  • McClendon, Rose, 1884-1936 > Drama
  • African American actresses > Drama
  • African American theater
  • African American theater > New York (State) > New York
  • Black theater > United States
  • African Americans in the performing arts > Drama
  • African Americans in the performing arts > United States > Drama
  • African American women > United States > Drama
  • Actresses > Drama
  • Theatrical producers and directors > Drama
  • Theater > New York (State) > New York
  • Theatrical productions > New York (State) > New York > 1991-2000
  • One-person shows (Performing arts)
Genre/Form
Drama.
Note
  • Material is excerpted from the plays Never no more by Knox Millen, The merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, House of Connelly by Paul Green, Medea as adapted by Countee Cullen from Euripides, Macbeth by William Shakespeare, and Mulatto by Langston Hughes. Material is also excerpted from the novel Scarlet Sister Mary by Julia Peterkin, and the poem Cross by Langston Hughes.
Access (note)
  • Restricted to qualified researchers.
Credits (note)
  • Set designer, Kent Hoffman ; lighting designer, Antoinette Tynes ; costume designer, Anita Ellis ; sound designer, Tim Schellenbaum ; choreographer, Louis Johnson ; prod. stage manager, Bukanla.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at Henry Street Settlement's Abrons Arts Center Recital Hall, New York, N.Y., May 8, 1999.
Funding (note)
  • Recorded with the financial assistance of The Ford Foundation Endowment Fund for the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
Biography (note)
  • Rose McClendon (1884-1936) was an actress and director. She studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, made her stage debut in 1919, appeared in Deep river and In Abraham's bosom (both 1926), in Langston Hughes' Mulatto and in the original production of Porgy and Bess (both 1935). Ms. McClendon was a co-founder of the Negro People's Theatre. In 1946, Carl Van Vechten established the Rose McClendon Memorial Collection at Howard University, a collection of one hundred photographs of prominent African-American artists and writers.
Call Number
NCOV 2314
OCLC
NYPG00-F101
Title
Rose McClendon : Harlem's gift to Broadway [videorecording] / New Federal Theatre, Woodie King, Jr., producing director, presents ; written by and starring Vinie Burrows ; directed by Douglas Turner Ward ; [video director] Penny Ward ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Betty L. Corwin, director.
Imprint
New York, c1999.
Access
Restricted to qualified researchers.
Credits
Set designer, Kent Hoffman ; lighting designer, Antoinette Tynes ; costume designer, Anita Ellis ; sound designer, Tim Schellenbaum ; choreographer, Louis Johnson ; prod. stage manager, Bukanla.
Performer
Performed by Vinie Burrows.
Event
Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at Henry Street Settlement's Abrons Arts Center Recital Hall, New York, N.Y., May 8, 1999.
Funding
Recorded with the financial assistance of The Ford Foundation Endowment Fund for the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
Biography
Rose McClendon (1884-1936) was an actress and director. She studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, made her stage debut in 1919, appeared in Deep river and In Abraham's bosom (both 1926), in Langston Hughes' Mulatto and in the original production of Porgy and Bess (both 1935). Ms. McClendon was a co-founder of the Negro People's Theatre. In 1946, Carl Van Vechten established the Rose McClendon Memorial Collection at Howard University, a collection of one hundred photographs of prominent African-American artists and writers.
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Added Author
King, Woodie, Jr., 1937- producer.
Ward, Douglas Turner, director.
Burrows, Vinie, actor.
Hoffman, Kent, set designer.
Tynes, Antoinette, lighting director.
Ellis, Anita, costume designer.
Schellenbaum, Tim, sound designer.
Johnson, Louis, 1930- choreographer.
Bukanla, production stage manager.
Ward, Penny, videographer.
Corwin, Betty L.
Burrows, Vinie. Rose McClendon.
New Federal Theatre (New York, N.Y.), production company.
Ford Foundation.
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
Research Call Number
NCOV 2314
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