Playbill for Mud River Stone: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Playbill for Mud River Stone. White background with yellow box at top; photograph below depicting a man and a woman with locked arms, a man draped in cloth seen in background. [PLAYBILL/PLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS/MUD/RIVER/STONE] White circular sticker on back, handwritten 1997.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1997
• Published by: Playbill, American, founded 1884
• Used by: Playwrights Horizons, American, founded 1971
• Subject of: Paula Newsome, American
• Subject of: Michael Potts, American
• Subject of: Maduka Steady
• Subject of: Brian Murray, South African, born 1937
• Subject of: Oni Faida Lampley, American, 1959 - 2008
• Subject of: John McAdams, American, 1975 - 2012
• Type: theater programs
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 8 1/2 x 5 3/8 in. (21.6 x 13.7 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Drama (Theatre)
• Object number: 2011.45.68
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African, American History and Culture, Gift of Kayla Deigh Owens
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: Playbill used by permission. All rights reserved, Playbill Inc Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.