(ENTERTAINMENT THEATER) Handbill for Douglas Turner Ward’s

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Sale 2697 - Lot 237

Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200

(ENTERTAINMENT--THEATER.) Handbill for Douglas Turner Ward's plays Day of Absence and Happy Ending. Handbill, 8½ x 5½ inches; minimal wear. [San Francisco, CA], 19 May 1967

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Douglas Turner Ward was the founder of the Negro Ensemble Company. "Happy Ending" and "Day of Absence" debuted as a pair of one-act plays in off-off-Broadway New York in 1965. After 15 successful months, the production headed west to San Francisco. "Day of Absence" became Ward's best-known work, with Black actors in "whiteface" portraying a small Southern town where all Black residents suddenly disappeared.

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