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Sparkle, 1999-2001

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Subseries 1.19

Scope and Contents

Subseries 1.19, Sparkle, 1999-2001, includes scripts with notes and other production materials. Sparkle is a musical with book written by Shange, adapted from the 1976 film by Joel Schumacher by Shange and Walter Dallas, with songs by Curtis Mayfield. Sparkle was performed in 2001 at the Freedom Repertory Theatre in Philadelphia.

Dates

  • Creation: 1999-2001

Creator

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

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