Program for two plays by Theater in the Street: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A tri-fold program for two plays produced by Theater In The Street, printed in black ink on yellow paper. The front flap has has the text: [THEATER IN THE STREET / is happy to present/ In Spanish: / A Selection from Shakespeare’s / TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA / In English: Moliere’s / A DOCTOR IN SPITE OF HIMSELF / a modern adaption]. Within the program are the cast and production credits, synopsis of the plays, and notes on the play’s authors. There is some loss along the fold near the bottom.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1963
• Owned by: Clarice Taylor, American, 1917 - 2011
• Subject of: Theater in the Street, American, founded 1962
• Subject of: Edmund Cambridge, American, 1920 - 2001
• Subject of: Saeed Jaffrey, Indian British, 1929 - 2015
• Type: programs
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (closed): 8 9/16 × 3 11/16 in. (21.7 × 9.4 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (open): 8 9/16 × 11 in. (21.7 × 27.9 cm)
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Drama (Theatre)
• Topic: Television
• Topic: Theatre
• Topic: Theatre companies
• Object number: 2013.188.29
• 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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