- Collection:
- 7 Stages
- Title:
- Del Hamilton and Faye Allen oral history interview, 2013-11-19
- Creator:
- Hamilton, Del (Delbert Warren), 1942-
Allen, Faye, 1949- - Contributor to Resource:
- Rink, Hillery
- Publisher:
- Georgia State University Library
- Date of Original:
- 2013-11-19
- Subject:
- Theater
7 Stages Theatre (Atlanta, Ga.) - People:
- Allen, Faye, 1949-
Hamilton, Del (Delbert Warren), 1942- - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, 33.79025, -84.46702
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Del Hamilton was born November 8, 1942 in Youngstown, Ohio. Throughout early stages of his life, Hamilton exhibited great interest in theater. He went to graduate school at the University of Georgia and got his Masters of Fine Arts and began to teach theater and drama. He later started acting, directing, and playwriting. Hamilton helped found 7 stages in 1978 and began presenting to the public iconic shows with powerful messages about social issues. Faye Allen was born in Brooklyn, New York July 16, 1949. From a young age Faye grew up around theater and had a deep appreciation for the arts. She was raised in a very diverse culture in New York and attended Catholic school. Her first official job in theater was with Open City, which later became Open City Children’s Theater. It was at the Theater where Allen had a chance encounter with Del Hamilton while he was working with the Theatrical Outfit. After their meeting, and the split of the Theatrical Outfit, they created 7 stages in 1978.
In the interview with Del Hamilton and Faye Allen, they discuss their lives and their work with 7 Stages. The discussion starts with the beginning of 7 Stages and segues into their longstanding work in theater across different countries such as South Africa, and the Netherlands. The pair talks about their projects with the U.S. Netherlands Theatre Exchange, and how they’ve toured Europe. Hamilton and Allen later talk about their work with 7 Stages as their business, and the efforts to continue progressing with their international partnerships. They talked about the projects they’ve done and with whom they’ve done them with such as Athol Fugard with, “My Children! My Africa!”, and Adam Small with “Kanna- He is Coming Home”. Hamilton and Allen base the theme of their plays by observing the social issues around them such as race and sexuality, and have continued to support original scripts by local playwrights. - Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/SevenStages/id/6709
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright to this item is owned by Georgia State University Library. Georgia State University Library has made this item available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. For more information see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Hamilton, Del, and Faye Allen, interviewed by Hillery Rink, November 19, 2013, 7 Stages Theatre Records, Popular Music and Culture Collection. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University.
- Extent:
- 01:53:58
- Original Collection:
- Popular Music and Culture Collection
7 Stages Theatre (Atlanta, Ga.) Records (M219) - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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