found: IMDb, 4 Sept. 2010 (Howard Dixon Richardson; b. 2 Dec. 1917, Spartanburg, SC, d. 30 Dec.1984, New York, NY; wrote play Barbara Allen (a.k.a. Night song), expanded into Dark of the moon; also collaborator on Design for a stained galss window, Protective custody, Ark of safety, Catch on the wing, Evening star, Sodom Tennessee, A thread of scarlet, and other plays; PhD, Univ. of Iowa, 1960; taught playwriting at the Univ. of Oregon, College of the Virgin Islands, and Univ. of California at Northridge)