Negro Ensemble Company Founder Douglas Turner Ward Passes Away at 90
Negro Ensemble Company Founder Douglas Turner Ward Passes Away at 90 Ward was nominated for a Tony Award in 1974 for his performance in The River Niger.by BWW News Desk Ward is perhaps best known as the founder and artistic director of the Negro Ensemble Company. He made one of his first performances in The Iceman Cometh by Eugene O'Neill in 1956, at the Circle in the Square Theatre. Three years later, he made his Broadway debut in a small role in A Raisin in the Sun, alongside Sidney Poitier and Claudia McNeil. His first significant artistic achievement would be as a playwright, however. Ha...
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