Playbill for For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide
date: label: Date
content: November 1977
name: label: Published by
content: Playbill, American, founded 1884
label: Subject of
content: Ntozake Shange, American, 1948 - 2018
label: Used by
content: Booth Theatre, American, founded 1913
notes: label: Description
content: An edition of Playbill Magazine for the production of "for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf". The cover has a white background with yellow box at top; the illustration below depicts an African American woman wearing a yellow kerchief on her head and a yellow top. Behind the woman is a white tile wall with rainbow-colored writing reading [For/Colored/Girls/who have/Considered/Suicide/When/The/Rain-bow/is/Enuf]. Black type in yellow box at top reads, [PLAYBILL/THE BOOTH THEATRE] White sticker with image of a red elephant and [50¢] on back on back, handwritten [1977/B].
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place used
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Drama (Theatre)
label: Topic
content: Feminism
label: Topic
content: Gender
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Sexuality
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dow B. Ellis
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.152.1213
objectType: label: Type
content: magazines (periodicals)
label: Type
content: playbills
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Playbill used by permission. All rights reserved, Playbill Inc
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper, metal
label: Dimensions
content: 9 x 5 5/8 x 1/8 in. (22.9 x 14.3 x 0.3 cm)