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Container
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Series: Biographical Materials
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Box
1
Folder
1
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Biographical information
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Box
1
Folder
1
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List of his works
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Box
1
Folder
1
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List of papers held by the State University of New York, Buffalo
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Series: Theatre
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The Gold Piece (published , 1921)
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Box
1
Folder
2
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Script
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Soul Gone Home
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Box
1
Folder
3
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Script, 1936; libretto, , 1961
: See also Box 1, Folder 8.
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Don't You Want to Be Free? (1937 February)
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Box
1
Folder
4
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Script, W.W.I version; script, centennial version (1963)
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Troubled Island (1949 March 31)
Prod: Laszlo Halasz
Dir: Eugene Bryden
Libretto: Langston Hughes
Music: Wm. Grant Still
Cast: Robert Weede, Richard Charles, Helena Bliss, Marie Powers
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Box
1
Folder
5
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Libretto, published copy, 1949
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Emperor of Haiti (play from the opera Troubled Island)
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Box
1
Folder
6
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Script, 1963; programs
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The Barrier (1950 November 2)
Prod: Michael Myerberg, Joel Spector
Dir: Doris Humphrey
Book & Lyrics: Langston Hughes (based on his earlier play Mulatto)
Music: Jan Meyerowitz
Cast: Lawrence Tibbett, Muriel Rahn
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Box
1
Folder
7
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Libretto, 1959; programs; notes
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Love From a Tall Building
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Box
1
Folder
8
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Libretto, 1954
: See also Box 1 Folder 3.
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Simply Heavenly (1957 May 21)
Prod: Stella Holt
Dir: Joshua Shelley
Book & Lyrics: Langston Hughes (based on his story Simple Takes a Wife)
Music: David Martin
Cast: Melvin Stewart, Marilyn Berry, Stanley Greene
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Box
1
Folder
9
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Script; published copy, 1959; programs
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Shakespeare in Harlem , (1959 October 27) (Based on poems by Langston Hughes. Presented with Soul Gone Home)
Prod: Howard Gottfried and Robert Glenn
Dir: Robert Glenn
Author: Langston Hughes, James Weldon Johnson
Music: Margaret Bonds
Cast: Jan Riley, John McCurry, Alma Hubbard, Calden Marsh
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Box
1
Folder
10
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Script, 1960; programs; clippings
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Mister Jazz
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Box
1
Folder
11
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Libretto, 1960; program
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Mother and Child (based on his short story of the same name)
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Box
1
Folder
12
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Script, 1961
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Gospel Glow
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Box
2
Folder
1
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Script, 1962; programs
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Tambourines to Glory (1963 November 2)
Prod: S. & H. Venture, Sydney S. Baron
Dir: Nikos Psacharopoulos
Book & Lyrics: Langston Hughes
Music: Jobe Huntley
Cast: Robert Guillaume, Joseph Attles, Rosalie King
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Box
2
Folder
2
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Libretto, 1960; program
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Jerico-Jim Crow (1964 January 12)
Prod: Stella Holt
Dir: Alvin Ailey, William Hairston
Book & Lyrics: Langston Hughes
Music Dir: Hugh Porter
Cast: Gilbert Price, Hilda Harris, Joseph Attles, Rosalie King
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Box
2
Folder
3
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Script, 1963; programs; clippings and reviews
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The Prodigal Son (1965 May 20)
Prod: Stella Holt
Dir: Vinnette Carroll
Book & Lyrics: Langston Hughes
Music: Marion Franklin
Cast: Phillip Stamps, Dorothy Drake, Vinnette Carroll, Robert Pinkston
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Box
2
Folder
4
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Script, 1963; programs, clippings and reviews
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Box
2
Folder
5
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Series: Miscellaneous programs and clippings
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