Eulalie spence biography books

  • Eulalie Spence (June 11, – March 7, ) was a writer, teacher, director, actress and playwright from the British West Indies.
  • Spence was among the pioneer playwrights during the Harlem Renaissance and wrote fourteen plays, five of which were published, including Episode, Fool's Errand.
  • On Being Forty () · Foreign Mail () · Fool's Errand () · Her () · Hot Stuff () · The Hunch () · Undertow .

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    Description
    1. 2 audiocassettes
    Summary
    1. The collection consists of 2 audio recordings relating to Spence's career as a playwright.
    Subject
    1. Video recordings
    2. Sound recordings
    3. African American women dramatists
    4. Women dramatists
    5. African American dramatists
    6. African American authors
    7. American drama > 20th century
    8. African Americans > Drama
    9. Spence, Eulalie,
    Genre/Form
    1. Sound recordings.
    2. Video recordings.
    Call number
    1. Sc MIRS Spence
    Biography (note)
    1. Eulalie Spence was born in Nevis, West Indies on June 11, She and her family moved to New York in Ms. Spence was among the pioneer playwrights during the Harlem Renaissance and wrote fourteen plays, five of which were published. She wrote only one three act play, "The Whipping," which was optioned by Paramount Studios, but never made into a film. Several of Spence's plays won awards.
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      Eulalie Spence papper

      Creator
      Spence, Eulalie,
      Call number
      Sc MG
      Physical description
      linear feet (1 box)
      Language
      English
      Preferred Citation
      [Item], Eulalie Spence papers, Sc MG , Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library
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      Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
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      Eulalie Spence was born in Nevis, West Indies, on June 11, She and her family moved to New York in Spence was among the pionjär playwrights during the Harlem Renaissance and wrote fourteen plays, fem of which were published, including Episode, Fool's Errand, Her, The Hunch, and Undertow. She wrote only one three-act play, "The Whipping", which was optioned by Paramount Studios, but never made into a film. Several of Spence's plays won awards; "Foreign Mail" placed second in the Crisis com

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      Eulalie Spence

      American dramatist

      Eulalie Spence (June 11, [1] – March 7, ) was a writer, teacher, director, actress and playwright from the British West Indies. She was an influential member of the Harlem Renaissance, writing fourteen plays, at least five of which were published.[1] Spence, who described herself as a "folk dramatist" who made plays for fun and entertainment,[2] was considered one of the most experienced female playwrights before the s,[2] and received more recognition than other black playwrights of the Harlem Renaissance period, winning several competitions.[3] She presented several plays with W.E.B. Du Bois' Krigwa Players, of which she was a member from to [2] Spence was also a mentor to theatrical producer Joseph Papp, founder of The Public Theater and the accompanying festival currently known as Shakespeare in the Park.[4]

      Early life

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      Spence was born on the island of Nevis in