Spell #7, 1979, undated
Scope and Contents
Subseries 1.20, Spell #7, 1979, undated, consists of drafts and production material for the play. Spell #7, also known as spell #7: geechee jibara quik magic trance manual for technologically stressed third world people and Spell #7: A Geechee Quick Magic Trance Manual, a choreopoem written by Shange and first performed in 1979, is a play about Black actors and other creatives sharing their dreams and frustrations in a racist society. After production at the Public Theater during the New York Shakespeare Festival in 1979, Spell #7 was published by St. Martin's Press in the 1981 collection Three Pieces.
Dates
- Creation: 1979, undated
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