Program for Six Scenes from Great Plays Thru the Ages by NYCASP: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A multi-page program (.1ab) with addendum (.2). The program consists of two loose sheets of yellow paper, printed in black ink, and stapled together at the top left corner. At the top center of the page is text that reads [PROGRAM / THEATER DIVISION OF THE N.Y.C.A.S.P. / PRESENTS / 6 SCENES FROM GREAT PLAYS THRU THE AGES] The page is divided into numbered sections that correspond to each scene. The title of the play and the playwright are next to each number. The program addendum is a separate sheet of white paper with reproduced hand-lettered text at the top that reads [SCENES OF GREAT PLAYS / thru the Ages] The information given below the heading is a mixture of typed and handwritten text.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1950s
• Created by: New York Council of the Arts, Sciences and Professions, American, active 1950s
• Owned by: Clarice Taylor, American, 1917 - 2011
• Type: programs
• Medium: ink on paper with metal
• Dimensions: H x W (.1ab): 10 15/16 × 8 9/16 in. (27.8 × 21.7 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (.2): 11 × 8 9/16 in. (28 × 21.7 cm)
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Drama (Theatre)
• Topic: Political organizations
• Topic: Social reform
• Topic: Theatre
• Object number: 2013.188.19.1ab-.2
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of William and James Thomas and family in memory of Clarice Taylor
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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