mss0099_0827.xml Finding aid for Living Theatre ephemera collection 1953–1968 University of Delaware Library, Special Collections University of Delaware Library
Newark, Delaware 19717-5267 Phone: 302-831-2229 Fax: 302-831-6003 URL: http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/
Date encoded (2008 June 27) Finding aid encoded 2008 June 27 English Living Theatre ephemera collection1953–1968 Special Collections Department, University of Delaware Library
Newark, Delaware 19717-5267 Phone: 302-831-2229 Fax: 302-831-6003 URL: http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/
 Living Theatre (New York, N.Y.) Living Theatre ephemera collection 1953–1968 MSS 099, F827 22 items Ephemeral documents (photographs, flyers, posters, announcements, stationery, and programs) which detail performances, readings, recitals and other events sponsored by the Living Theater of New York City. Materials entirely in English. University of Delaware Library - Special Collections Source

Purchase, August 2006.

 Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

 Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. Please contact Special Collections Department, University of Delaware Library, http://www.lib.udel.edu/cgi-bin/askspec.cgi

 Citation

MSS 099, F827, Living Theatre ephemera collection, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.

 Shelving Summary F827, Box 55: Shelved in SPEC MSS 099 manuscript boxes Processing

Processed and encoded by Anita Wellner, May 2008.

 Historical Note

The Living Theatre was founded in 1947 as an imaginative alternative to the commercial theater by Judith Malina and Julian Beck. The Living Theatre has staged nearly a hundred productions performed in eight languages in 28 countries on five continents.

During the 1950's and early 1960's in New York, The Living Theatre pioneered the unconventional staging of poetic drama - the plays of American writers like Gertrude Stein, William Carlos Williams, Paul Goodman, Kenneth Rexroth and John Ashbery, as well as European writers rarely produced in America, including Cocteau, Lorca, Brecht and Pirandello.

Today the Living Theatre has a home at 21 Clinton Street, which is the company's first permanent home since the closing of The Living Theatre on Third Street at Avenue C in 1993. "History." The Living Theatre. http://www.livingtheatre.org/history.html (accessed May 20, 2008).

 Scope and Content Note

A collection of twenty-two ephemeral documents, such as photographs, flyers, posters, announcements, stationery, and programs, detail performances, readings, recitals and other events sponsored by the Living Theater of New York City during the 1950s and 1960s.

Announcements and posters for appearances by David Tudor, "Wagner Poets" (Malanga, Lima, Ceravolo), William Masselos, Spencer Holst and others are included. A photograph of Richard Wagner is inscribed by him to "Jo-Ann." The second photograph is a group shot of a wedding party.

 Arrangement

The collection is arranged chronologically with undated material following.

 Selected Search Terms Personal Names Holst, Spencer.Maas, Willard.Malanga, Gerard.Masselos, William.Tudor, David, 1926-1996.Wagner, Richard. Corporate Names Brooklyn Academy of Music.Dramatic Workshop and Technical Institute.Hartt Chamber Players. Manhattan Consort. People Puppet Theater.People Puppet Theater. Topical Terms Wagner poets--History--20th century--Sources. Theater--United States--History--20th century--Sources.Authors and theater--History--20th century--Sources. Geographic Names New York (N.Y.) Form/Genre Terms Announcements.Fliers (printed matter)Photographs. Posters.Stationery.Theater programs. Detailed Contents List 55 F827 Living Theatre ephemera collection 1953–1968