Doe Doe Green and Lester Palmer
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@ Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. The New York Public Library
Description
Scene from "Horse Play," WPA production at the Lafayette Theatre in Harlem. The play is a humorous fantasy by Dorothy Hailparn dealing with the adventures of one Hiram, an old farmer and his horse, "Aggie." Doe Doe Green, the "Gabriel" in the original stage production of "The Green Pastures" portrays the leading role of Hiram. Perry Watkins designed the settings, and Byron Webb the lighting effects. Evelyn Ellis directed the play.
Photographs Gelatin Silver Prints
United States. Works Progress Administration
1937