Playbill for For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide
Object Details
- Date
- November 1977
- Published by
- Playbill, American, founded 1884
- Subject of
- Ntozake Shange, American, 1948 - 2018
- Used by
- Booth Theatre, American, founded 1913
- Description
- An edition of Playbill Magazine for the production of "for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf". The cover has a white background with yellow box at top; the illustration below depicts an African American woman wearing a yellow kerchief on her head and a yellow top. Behind the woman is a white tile wall with rainbow-colored writing reading [For/Colored/Girls/who have/Considered/Suicide/When/The/Rain-bow/is/Enuf]. Black type in yellow box at top reads, [PLAYBILL/THE BOOTH THEATRE] White sticker with image of a red elephant and [50¢] on back on back, handwritten [1977/B].
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place used
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic
- African American
- Drama (Theatre)
- Feminism
- Gender
- Identity
- Sexuality
- Women
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
- Books and Published Materials
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dow B. Ellis
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2012.152.1213
- Type
- magazines (periodicals)
- playbills
- Restrictions & Rights
- Playbill used by permission. All rights reserved, Playbill Inc
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Medium
- ink on paper, metal
- Dimensions
- 9 x 5 5/8 x 1/8 in. (22.9 x 14.3 x 0.3 cm)
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2012.152.1213