Playwright File: Adrienne Kennedy
Document
The file contains:
- A thank-you note from Adrienne Kennedy to Ellen Stewart regarding the 1969 "A Rat's Mass" production at La MaMa (1969)
- Promotional material supporting:
- Scripts (1969), a monthly publication which included Adrienne Kennedy's script for "Sun";
- "Gloria Foster Reads Adrienne Kennedy at Apple Corps Theatre" (undated), a reading of Kennedy's work at the Apple Corps Theatre;
- The premiere of Kennedy's "Black Children's Day" at Brown University (1980)
- Program for:
- "Given: No Bread, an Encounter & Dinner for Fifteen" (1973) at La MaMa;
- Kennedy's "Sun: A Poem for Malcolm X Inspired By His Death" (1974);
- Kennedy's "The Owl Answers" (1980) with correspondence and promotional materials sent by director Paul Carter Harrison to Ellen Stewart; includes envelope
- Reviews of Kennedy's works:
- People Who Led to My Plays, by Alisa Solomon of theVillage Voice (1987);
- "A Rat's Mass" at La MaMa, by Stan Machlin (1969);
- "Cities in Bezique," by Richard Watts, Jr. of the New York Post;
- "Funnyhouse of a Negro" at New York University, by Mel Tapley of the N.Y. Amsterdam News (1984);
- "An Evening With Dead Essex" at the American Place Theatre (1973)
- Press clippings announcing:
- The premiere of Kennedy's "Diary of Lights" at Davis Hall (1987);
- The New York University production of Kennedy's "Funnyhouse of a Negro" (1984);
- A playwriting workshop led by Kennedy (1978)
- Press release (1980) announcing premiere of Kennedy's "The Owl Answers" at the Columbia College Theater/Music Center, with 3-page biographical sketch
- Scripts for:
- "A Movie Star Has to Star in Black and White" (1985) with attached correspondence from Kennedy to Ellen Stewart and Stanford University program cover;
- "Cities in Bezique" (1969; 2 bound copies)
Date created: 1969 – 1987
English
OBJ.1969.0466
Press, Programs, Correspondence, Scripts, Promotional Materials
Newsprint, copy paper, coated paper, construction paper, laid paper, envelopes, laminated plastic, cardboard
3 items of correspondence
3 programs
3 scripts
3 programs
3 scripts
11 in (width) 17 in (height)
Adrienne Kennedy (describes), Ellen Stewart (contributor), Gloria Foster (describes), Brown University (contributor), Alisa Solomon (contributor), Richard Watts, Jr. (contributor), Mel Tapley (contributor), Paul Carter Harrison (contributor)
Rat's Mass, A, Sun, Given: No Bread, An Encounter & Dinner For Fifteen, Black Children's Day, The Owl Answers, A Movie Star Has to Star in Black and White, Cities in Bezique, Funnyhouse of a Negro, Diary of Lights, An Evening with Dead Essex
