2018-12-11 Guide to "In Abraham's Bosom" Cast and Performance Photographs, circa 1927 SPEC.TRI.0046 Finding aid prepared by Courtney Bishop Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
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2018 December This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2020-10-01T15:37-0400 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard "In Abraham's Bosom" Cast and Performance Photographs SPEC.TRI.0046 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 0.2 Cubic feet circa 1927 "In Abraham's Bosom" was written by Paul Green, premiered on Broadway at the Provincetown Playhouse on December 30, 1926, and closed after 200 performances on June 18, 1927. Green received the 1927 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for this play. "In Abraham's Bosom" Cast and Performance Photographs contains 11 "In Abraham's Bosom" headshots and production photographs in black and white. Materials are dated circa 1927. (1) 2.5" letter document box English Acquisitions Information

Accession No. TRI.2018.0103: Purchase, 2016 July

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[identification of item], "In Abraham's Bosom" Cast and Performance Photographs, SPEC.TRI.0046, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute, Ohio State University

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 Historical Note

"In Abraham's Bosom" was written by Paul Green, premiered on Broadway at the Provincetown Playhouse on December 30, 1926, and closed after 200 performances on June 18, 1927. Green received the 1927 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for this play. "In Abraham's Bosom" is a story about a black man in segregated, Jim Crow ruled, North Carolina around the turn of the 20th century. Abraham McCranie is the son of a slave called Caroline and plantation owner Colonel Mack McCranie. Abraham wants to start a school to educate black children. He is chased all over the state, and eventually opens the school, but white people run him out of it and drive him to murder.

 Scope and Contents

"In Abraham's Bosom" Cast and Performance Photographs contains 11 "In Abraham's Bosom" cast and performance black and white photographs. The photographs include headshots of some of the cast as well as production photographs taken while the production was performed. Materials are dated circa 1927.

 Green, Paul, 1894-1981 African American actors--United States--20th century African American actresses--United States--20th century Black-and-white photographs In Abraham's bosom Theater--Production and direction--United States--20th century--Photographs Headshots TRI Shared 2 circa 1927 Production photographs TRI Shared 2 circa 1927