LEWIS ALEXANDER
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ewis ALEXANDER was born July 4, 1900, at Washing-ton, D. C. He was educated in the public schools ofWashington and at Howard University where he was amember of the Howard Players. He has also studiedat the University of Pennsylvania. He was a member ofthe Ethiopian Art Theatre for the season 1922-1923 play-ing in Salome and The Comedy of Errors on Broadway.As the result of a recent tour of North and South Caro-lina he edited in May 1927 the Negro Number of theCarolina Magazine. He has been writing poetry since1917, specializing in Japanese forms. Two Little The-atre groups in Washington, The Ira Aldridge Players ofthe Grover Cleveland School and the Randall CommunityCenter Players have been under his direction.
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