Program for a production by The Gilpin Players
date: label: Date
content: 1934
name: label: Created by
content: Karamu House, American, founded 1915
label: Subject of
content: Gilpin Players, American, founded 1922
label: Subject of
content: Harold Courlander, American, 1908 - 1996
notes: label: Description
content: Original program for a 1934 production by the Gilpin Players at The Karamu Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio. Program consists of black typed text on a single folded sheet of tan paper. The front cover reads [THE GILPIN PLAYERS / present / Two Plays / GOD’S OWN / A Comedy-satire in One Act / by Isadora Bennett / and / SWAMP MUD / A Play in Three Scenes / by Harold Courlander / THE KARAMU THEATRE]”. The inside of the program lists the cast of the two plays and on the back cover is an announcement of an art exhibit in an adjacent room in the theatre.
place: label: Place made
content: Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Comedy (Theatre)
label: Topic
content: Drama (Theatre)
label: Topic
content: Theatre
label: Topic
content: Theatre companies
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
label: Exhibition
content: Taking the Stage
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 054
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Michael Courlander.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.84.1
objectType: label: Type
content: theater programs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 9 x 6 in. (22.9 x 15.2 cm)