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{"value"=>"1163413", "type"=>"local_mss"}
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{"value"=>"1958-1986", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1958/1986"}
{"value"=>"1958", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1958"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Produced Plays - Amateur, Television and Radio Productions"}
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".4 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Amateur, Television and Radio Productions sub-subseries consists of play scripts and associated material. Hansberry began writing Toussaint in 1958 as \"a drama with music\". She considered Toussaint to be her epic work, writing it alternatively as an opera and as a play about the life of Toussaint L'Overture, the legendary Haitian revolutionary leader. The material consists primarily of Hansberry's play scripts and Nemiroff's revised versions. Hansberry's scripts include the original handwritten scenes with notes, early typescripts with annotations, and a photocopy of the final WNET rehearsal typescript (broadcast in 1961), with annotations. There is also correspondence with several composers, including Clarence Cameron White, discussing the music for the opera as Hansberry planned it (1959), as well as Hansberry's note to readers explaining her feelings about the importance of Toussaint in history. Nemiroff's version of Act I which was published in 9 Plays by Black Women (New American Library, 1986), edited by Margaret B. Wilkerson is included in the collection.</p>"}
- date_start
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1958
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1958
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1986
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1958
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1986