A Photograph: Lovers in Motion, 1979-2015
Scope and Contents
Subseries 1.1, A Photograph: Lovers in Motion, 1979-2015, includes drafts of scripts with edits and additions for a 1979 production, production notes, and a program. A Photograph: Lovers in Motion, a play written by Shange, was first produced in 1977 at The Public Theater as a photograph / lovers in cruelty and was later rewritten and retitled a photograph / lovers in motion. Published by Samuel French in 1981, the play follows a young photographer’s struggles with love and creativity at the tail end of the Black Arts Movement in 1970s San Francisco through his relationships with a dancer, a model, and an attorney.
Dates
- Creation: 1979-2015
Creator
- From the Collection: Shange, Ntozake (Person)
Access
One journal from Series 03, Journals, Agendas, and Notes, is restricted until 2050 at the request of the Ntozake Shange Trust due to sensitive material. This collection has no other access restrictions.
Extent
From the Collection: 68.8 Linear Feet (74 document boxes, 1 half document box, 16 cartons, 7 clamshell box, 3 oversized folders, 7 oversized box, 1 binder, 1 box of digital media including CD-Rs, DVD-Rs, DVD-RWs, 3.5 inch floppy disks, and a MiniDV tape)
From the Collection: 17.1 Gigabytes (1 pdf, 43 m4a music files, and 776 jpg files)
Language
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: Spanish; Castilian
Repository Details
Part of the Barnard Archives and Special Collections Repository