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Librarians After Dark – 4/9 and 4/10!
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Librarians After Dark – 4/9 & 4/10 Working on a research project?
Are you stuck or want to dig more deeply?
Come to the Librarians After Dark session to get hands on tips to become a more effective library user, and bring your research questions for some personalized guidance. You’ll leave with tips and tricks that can lead to more efficient and productive research.
When:
April 9 & 10, 7-8pm
Where:
Rockefeller Library, main level
Hecker Center Computer ClassroomSponsored by the University Library
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The Itinerant Actor
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Edwin Scribner, c.1908 The papers of playwright Edwin Scribner (Ms.2012.005) arrived recently to complement a large collection of his published plays in the Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays.
Edwin Scribner was born in Logansport, IN in 1879. On 27 July 1898, he quit his job in the Master Mechanics office of the Pan Handle Railroad in Logansport and, as he states in the first volume of his diary, “From that date the theater has been my interest and occupation in life.” He was an itinerant actor and a playwright, writing at least 50 plays. He died in Waterville, ME in 1964.
His papers contain 18 typescripts for his unpublished plays which complement the 33 published plays already owned by Brown. Of particular interest is the diary he kept from 1898-1921 which provides an intimate view into the life of a traveling theater troupe actor. It was not meant as a place to bear his soul but rather as a record of his work. And work he did. Every page documents the unrelenting travel schedule of an itinerant actor.
Diary of Edwin Scribner, Oct 4-Nov 3, 1900 In the fall of 1900, from September 19 to December 15 (88 days) he visited 77 cities and gave 79 performances. The tour ended on December 15 this way: “Before meeting our leading man John Fry Palmer, drunk picked a fight with Griffith – which got him a good licking and landed him in jail. Closed with John Griffith Co. – they beat me out of my last weeks salary.” Two days later Edwin was working for another theater troupe in yet another city and so it went for the next 20 years.
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Dr. Guila Clara Kessous “Theater and Human Rights”
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
April 3, 2012PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] – At 5:30pm on Monday, May 7, 2012, Dr. Guila Clara Kessous will give a lecture entitled “Theater and Human Rights” in the second floor Lownes Room of the John Hay Library followed by a reception. This lecture is sponsored by Friends of the Library and is part of the Mel and Cindy Yoken Cultural Series. It is free and open to the public.
Dr. Kessous will consider representations of humanitarian cause on stage and examine the responsibilities and challenges artists and audiences face in exploring material of this nature. The presentation will focus on scenes from plays directed by Dr. Kessous in English and in French.
Guila Clara Kessous leads the Harvard Kennedy School Carr Center’s Initiative in Theater and Human Rights. She is the recipient of the State Diploma of Performing Arts among other awards, Kessous acted, directed and produced in major theatres in the US and Europe. She received a PhD in ethics and aesthetics under the mentorship of E. Wiesel, an MBA in cultural business, and a cross-disciplinary MA in comparative dramaturgy, cinema, and pedagogy. She has taught at Harvard, Boston University, the Sorbonne, and the Wiesel Institute. Her sponsors include UNESCO (director, “Hilda”), the UN (director, “Tribute to Human Rights”), and the CNRS among others. She has collaborated with artists including John Malkovich, James Taylor, Marissa Berenson, Daniel Mesguich, and Theodore Bikel. In 2010, she partnered with the United Nations on the theme “Theater and Human Rights” and was awarded the “Chevalier Arts et Lettres” from the French Minister of Culture. In 2011, UNESCO named her an “Artist for Peace” giving her the opportunity to collaborate directly with francophone countries spanning three different continents on the Mediterranean project.
Friends of the Library is an association interested in fostering the growth and usefulness of the Brown University Library and in encouraging gifts of books, desirable collections, other scholarly materials and funds.
The Brown University Library is home to more than 6.8 million print items, plus a multitude of electronic resources and expanding digital archives serving the teaching, research, and learning needs of Brown students and faculty, as well as scholars from around the country and the world.
Contact: Jennifer Braga | 401-863-6913
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