Title	Vanderbilt Theatre Presents "I Choose to Die"
Description	Advertisement for a Vanderbilt Theatre production of an orginal play by Brainerd Cheney, "I Choose to Die: the Story of Sam Davis."
Historical Note	Brainard Cheney was a novelist, playwright, political speechwriter, and essayist. He became associated with the Agrarian movement as a student at Vanderbilt. He wrote Gov. Frank Clement's address at the 1956 Democratic National Convention ("How long oh Lord, how long..."), as well as assisting Robert Penn Warren with some of the speeches in his novel, "All the King's Men." He and his wife, Frances Neel Cheney (a grandniece of Sam Davis), lived in Smyrna, Tennessee.
Date	1960
Place	Nashville (Tenn.)
Creator	Vanderbilt University
Publisher	Vanderbilt University
Place of Publication	Nashville (Tenn.)
Collection Name	Library Broadside Collection
Subjects - LCSH	Broadsides; Davis, Sam, 1842-1863; Drama ; United States - History - Drama; Civil War, U. S., 1861-1865
Subjects - TGM	Broadsides Rebellions War Theatrical posters Theatrical productions
Owning Institution	Tennessee State Library & Archives
ID#	34461
Digital Type	IMAGE
Digital Format	TIFF
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