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- Early twentieth century · 1900–1944
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Samuel Selden joins the Carolina Playmakers as technical director
After five years in New York theater, including the Provincetown Playhouse, Selden came to the University of North Carolina in 1927 as technical director of the Carolina Playmakers.
Part of The Carolina Playmakers and the founding of UNC Press · 46 events
Subject: Carolina Playmakers
- Civil rights era · 1945–1975
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Samuel Selden leaves the Playmakers and Harry E. Davis takes over the Department of Dramatic Art
Selden left Chapel Hill in 1959 to chair the Department of Theatre Arts at UCLA, and Harry E. Davis became chairman of the Department of Dramatic Art.
Subject: Carolina Playmakers
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Samuel Selden returns to Chapel Hill as visiting professor of dramatic art
After UCLA and Southern Illinois University, Selden came back to the Department of Dramatic Art as a visiting professor from 1967 to 1971.
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