Ethiopian Art Theatre

CTL-E-1240 · Venue · theater · unspecified

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Short-lived 1922/1923-1925 company during the Harlem Renaissance: founded by white director Raymond O'Neil, sponsored by Mrs. Sherwood Anderson (white), all-Black performers; one of few Black companies performing European repertoire, plus Black-authored work, for Black and non-Black audiences. Source base weak; flag for stronger sourcing.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from INST-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-INST-001:INST-031; source research type(s): theater. Era not present in source research record(s); marked unspecified pending human review.

Sources

S-codes S22 (see working/track-b/sources.md)

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