J. Augustus Smith

Gus Smith as Forty-Four in the Federal Theatre Project production of his play Turpentine (1936)

J. Augustus Smith, also known as Gus Smith (born January 14, 1891),[1] was an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter.[2] In 1936 he was one of three theatre artists who succeeded John Houseman in leading the Negro Theatre Unit of the Federal Theatre Project in New York City.

  1. ^ "WPA Lafayette All-Negro Staff". The New York Age. 1936-08-22. p. 9. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  2. ^ https://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/islandora/object/fsu:168486/datastream/PDF/ [bare URL PDF]