(LITERATURE) Langston Hughes His inscription on a program fo

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(LITERATURE.) Langston Hughes. His inscription on a program for a musical production of "Just a Little Simple." Double-sided flier, 9 x 6 inches, with mailing folds; inscribed in lower margin "I think you'd like this Simple--sort of Chaplinesque and touching. Langston." New York, 18 September [1950]

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This theatrical adaptation of Hughes's "Simple" stories was written by Alice Childress and produced by the Committee for the Negro in the Arts. Its debut at Harlem's Club Baron was on 18 September, and it was scheduled for a 3-week run. We now know: Langston Hughes approved.