- Additional Authors
- Negro Ensemble Company
- Found In
- c2pc Negro Ensemble Company. Negro Ensemble Company records. (CStRLIN)NYPW98-A157.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Schomburg NEH Humanities Resources for African and African Diasporan Studies Access Project.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Access (note)
- There are no restrictions on access to the plays.
- Source (note)
- Biography (note)
- Playwright and actor. William Wellington Mackey was born in Miami, FL, 1938. He received a B.A. in 1958 from Southern University in Baton Rouge, LA, where he was actively involved in the theatrical productions of the Riverbend Players. He taught for a year at a high school in Miami before entering graduate school at the University of Minnesota in 1960. His plays were produced Off-Broadway in New York City. In 1975, he was selected by the Bicentennial Committee of his hometown to write the script for the Model City's cultural contribution to the celebration. Mackey is a recipient of a Rockefeller Foundation playwriting grant.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms a part of: Negro Ensemble Company records. See collection record for more information.
- Processing Action (note)
- Call Number
- Sc MG 345
- OCLC
- NYPW98-A278
- Author
Mackey, William Wellington.
- Title
William Wellington Mackey plays, 1968-1973.
- Description
2 items.
- Access
There are no restrictions on access to the plays.
- Summary
Collection includes photocopies of two play scripts. Titles are: "Family meeting," [1968], and "Love me, love me, daddy, or, I swear I'm gonna kill you," 1973.
- Linking Entry
Forms a part of: Negro Ensemble Company records. See collection record for more information.
- Biography
Playwright and actor. William Wellington Mackey was born in Miami, FL, 1938. He received a B.A. in 1958 from Southern University in Baton Rouge, LA, where he was actively involved in the theatrical productions of the Riverbend Players. He taught for a year at a high school in Miami before entering graduate school at the University of Minnesota in 1960. His plays were produced Off-Broadway in New York City. In 1975, he was selected by the Bicentennial Committee of his hometown to write the script for the Model City's cultural contribution to the celebration. Mackey is a recipient of a Rockefeller Foundation playwriting grant.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Mackey, William Wellington. Family meeting.
Mackey, William Wellington. Love me, love me, daddy.
Mackey, William Wellington. I swear I'm gonna kill you.
Negro Ensemble Company.
- Found In:
c2pc Negro Ensemble Company. Negro Ensemble Company records. (CStRLIN)NYPW98-A157.
- Research Call Number
Sc MG 345