Hughes, Langston. Typed letter signed from Langston Hughes, Hollywood, California, to Dan Burley

Folger bibliographic ID: 230706
Folger call number: Y.c.1745
Folger holdings ID: 235048
Accession Number: 261689.1

Hughes writes that Burley's "swell jive Hamlet was well received." He also mentions different staging for a possible production of Othello and music for the show by Otis Renee, Elliott Carpenter and Will Grant Still. On letterhead of the Hollywood Theatre Alliance

General notes

Letter previously housed in dealer's frame with unrelated photograph of Hughes (now ART 261689.2) Includes loose sheet, a copy of description by Kenneth W. Rendell Gallery (see curatorial file)

Exhibited

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2007. Shakespeare in American Life (catalog entry 90)

Item information about Folger Y.c.1745

Adopted by Lou and Bonnie Cohen, in honor of Aaron and Rhahime Bell, Acquisitions Night 2007

Extended title: Typed letter signed from Langston Hughes, Hollywood, California, to Dan Burley 1940 November 26

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 Burley, Dan, 1907-1962 René, Otis, 1898-1970 Carpenter, Elliot, 1894-1982 Still, William Grant, 1895-1978

correspondent: Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
subject: Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
subject: Burley, Dan, 1907-1962
subject: René, Otis, 1898-1970
subject: Carpenter, Elliot, 1894-1982
subject: Still, William Grant, 1895-1978
correspondent: Burley, Dan, 1907-1962