found: The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature, accessed April 20, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Shine, Ted; Ted (Theodis) Shine; dramatist, professor; born 1931 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States; graduated from Howard University (1953); MA from University of lowa (1958); PhD from University of California, Santa Barbara (1971); taught drama at Dillard University (1960) and Howard University (1961-1967); professor and head of drama department at Prairie View A & M University; wrote Morning, Noon and Night (1964) produced at Howard University, awarded the Brooks-Hines Award for Playwriting (1970) upon its publication in Black Teacher and Dramatic Arts; wrote scripts for Maryland Center for Public Broadcasting (1969-1973); was a consultant for the seminal anthology Black Theater USA which includes his play Herbert III (1974))