It bees dat way (a confrontational ritual) : play
Summary
| Creator: | Bullins, Ed |
| Date(s): | 1969 December 27 |
| Call Number: | MSS 0099, F0852 |
| Language: | Materials entirely in
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| Abstract: | This 11-page manuscript is a mechanically reproduced typescript of Ed Bullins's play, It Bees Dat Way (a Confrontational Ritual).. |
| Physical Description: | 1 item (11 pages) |
| Source: | Purchase, 2004. |
| Processing: | Processed and encoded by Anita Wellner, November 2009. Further encoded by George Apodaca, October 2015. Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard |
Biographical and Historical Notes
Ed Bullins (1935- )
African American playwright Ed Bullins, who began writing plays as a political activist in the mid-1960s and was later the associate director of Harlem's New Lafayette Theatre, helped shape the revolutionary theater of black experience.
Sources
"Ed Bullins." Contemporary Authors Online (reproduced in Biography Resource Center). http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC (accessed November 2009).
Scope and Content Note
Mechanically reproduced typescript of Ed Bullins's play, It Bees Day Way (a Confrontational Ritual) .
The title page of this one act play bears the typed addresses of Ed Bullins and The New Lafayette Agency, both in Harlem, New York City. Page nine concludes with the typed note: "Ed Bullins, Harlem, Dec. 27, 1969." This play was published in Four Dynamite Plays by Morrow in 1972.
Using these materials
Shelving Summary
Box 59, F0852: Shelved in SPEC MSS 0099 manuscript boxes.
Access Information
The collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
MSS 0099, F0852, Ed Bullins, It bees dat way (a confrontational ritual) : play, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.
Related Materials in this Repository
This item forms part of MSS 0099 Miscellaneous Literary and Historical Manuscripts.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
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Container List
| It Bees Dat Way (A Confrontational Ritual) : play, 1969 December 27 | Box 59, F0852 |