Program for three plays by Shearer Summer Theatre: Museum Object and Cultural History
Program for three plays by Shearer Summer Theatre: Date: 1947. Created by: Shearer Players, American, founded 1946. Subject of: Elizabeth Shearer White, American, died 1993.
The object in the museum catalogue
A program for three one act plays performed by the Shearer Summer Theater Company. The plays are "Lysistrata," "If Men Played Cards as Women Do," and "Slabtown Convention." The program consists of black printed text on white paper.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1947
- Created by: Shearer Players, American, founded 1946
- Subject of: Elizabeth Shearer White, American, died 1993
- Type: programs
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (21.6 x 14 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Amusements
- Topic: Communities
- Topic: Drama (Theatre)
- Topic: Theatre companies
- Object number: 2012.33.9
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Olive Tomlinson in memory of William and Olive Bowles
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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