University of Wyoming
Paul Eliot Green (1894-1981) was a playwright known for inventing the symphonic drama. A symphonic drama is unique for its combination of plays with historical themes, music, pageantry, and usual outdoor setting. Green won a Pulitzer Prize in 1927 for his play “In Abraham’s Bosom.” His symphonic dramas often drew from American Revolutionary history.
Collection contains brochures, advertising outdoor dramas by Green and other playwrights, including “The Book of Job,” “The Common Glory,” “The Confederacy,” “Cross and Sword,” “The Founders,” “Home is the Hunter,” “The Lost Colony,” “The Stephen Foster Story,” and “Texas.
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Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
This material was received from Paul Green in May 1970.
Paul Green papers, 1880-2009, 1-4485, Davis Library, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Paul Green Papers, 1880-2009, 03693, Wilson Special Collections Library, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Paul Green screenplays and scripts, 1925-1942, Ax 429, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon.
Paul Green Foundation records, 1930s-2000s, 05562, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Paul Green dramatic manuscripts, 1929-1952, MMC-0644, Library of Congress.
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