Playscript ("The Voice from Dunberry Hill") and New York Community Playhouse Proposal

New York: Studio Duplicating Services, (1964).

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Softcover. 1. Playscript. Quarto. [4], 34, 56, 29, 3pp. Screwbound red studio duplicating wrappers with title in gilt. Very good with moderate wear and creases on the wrappers. The unpublished play *The Voice from Dunberry Hill* written by African-American playwright Erick G. Sewell concerning, "an influential black [Ohio] university leader and his family and the racial problems they face in spite of the status they have achieved" (*Black Playwrights, 1823-1977*). Laid in is a letter on Sewell's letterhead to a Mr. Sloan Williams referencing his notes about the play. Little could be found about Sewell except for a marriage certificate to Vivian Lorraine Hopkins in Norfolk, Virginia in 1971, which also stated he was born in New York on July 7, 1935.

2. Accompanying the playscript, is a 60-page "Community Playhouse Proposal" from "Erick G. Sewell Associates" prepared in 1967. The proposal envisions the establishment of a community playhouse in New York "as a program to provide training for young people of lower class communities in the Performing Arts." It provides a brief history of American theater, along with a descriptions of planned training programs, curriculum, administration, and budget. Sadly, the effort does not seem to have secured support or financial backing. An interesting little archive worththy of further study.


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Item #403329 Playscript ("The Voice from Dunberry Hill") and New York Community Playhouse Proposal. Erick George SEWELL.
Playscript ("The Voice from Dunberry Hill") and New York Community Playhouse Proposal
Playscript ("The Voice from Dunberry Hill") and New York Community Playhouse Proposal