Research Catalog
Living Theatre records
- Title
- Living Theatre records, 1945-1991.
- Author
- Living Theatre (New York, N.Y.)
- Supplementary Content
- Finding Aid
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62 Items
| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1988-005 Box 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 2 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1988-005 Box 2 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 3 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1988-005 Box 3 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 4 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1988-005 Box 4 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 5 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1988-005 Box 5 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 6 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1988-005 Box 6 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 7 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1988-005 Box 7 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 8 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1988-005 Box 8 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 9 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1988-005 Box 9 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 10 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1988-005 Box 10 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 11 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1988-005 Box 11 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 12 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1988-005 Box 12 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 13 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1988-005 Box 13 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 14 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1988-005 Box 14 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 15 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1988-005 Box 15 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 16 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1988-005 Box 16 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 17 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1988-005 Box 17 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 18 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1988-005 Box 18 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 19 | Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1988-005 Box 19 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 20 | Mixed material | Restricted use | *T-Mss 1988-005 Box 20 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Details
- Description
- 22.5 lf. (63 boxes)
- Summary
- The Living Theatre Records consist of correspondence, financial papers, legal papers, production files, notebooks and calendars, scripts, programs, photographs, promotional materials, clippings and oversized files relating to its evolution, management and history.
- Subjects
- Prison theater
- Scripts
- Off Off-Broadway theater
- Pacifists > United States
- Political plays
- Theater > Political aspects
- Posters
- Theater > Production and direction
- Theater > New York (State) > New York
- Theater > United States
- Theatrical producers and directors
- Experimental theater > New York (State) > New York
- Piscator, Erwin, 1893-1966
- Community theater
- Street theater
- Theater, Environmental
- Malina, Judith, 1926-2015
- Beck, Julian, 1925-1985
- Living Theatre (New York, N.Y.)
- Genre/Form
- Posters.
- Scripts.
- Access (note)
- Collection is open to the public. Advance notice may be required. Contracts and payroll records (Boxes 20-21) may be viewed only with permission of the curator. Materials in Box 53 are restricted, patrons must use service copies in Box 52.
- Source (note)
- Judith Malina
- Erica Bilder/Living Theatre
- Biography (note)
- The Living Theatre was founded by Judith Malina and Julian Beck in 1947.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Finding aid available in repository and on the Internet.
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged
- Accessioned
- Call Number
- *T-Mss 1988-005
- OCLC
- NYPW90-A107
- Author
- Living Theatre (New York, N.Y.)
- Title
- Living Theatre records, 1945-1991.
- Access
- Collection is open to the public. Advance notice may be required. Contracts and payroll records (Boxes 20-21) may be viewed only with permission of the curator. Materials in Box 53 are restricted, patrons must use service copies in Box 52.
- Biography
- The Living Theatre was founded by Judith Malina and Julian Beck in 1947. Their avant-garde plays were performed in New York theaters until 1963 when they were shut down by the IRS for failing to pay taxes. Living Theatre then launched a workd-wide tour and settled in Berlin in 1965. The company toured the United States in 1968 and returned to Europe in 1969. In 1970 Living Theatre toured Brazil, performing in street plays, developing the cycle of plays titled THE LEGACY OF CAIN. While in Brazil its members were arrested for drug possession and jailed. The charges were eventually dropped due to strong protests from the world artistic community. After leaving Brazil, Living Theatre performed in the inner city of Pittsburgh. In 1975 they returned to Europe and continued bringing plays to the streets. Julian Beck returned with the Living Theatre to the United States before his death in 1985 and performed a repertory of four works. This included THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF SLEEP, ANTIGONE, THE YELLOW METHUSELAH and THE ONE AND THE MANY. In May 1989 the Living Theatre came back to New York where it has its present home.
- Indexes
- Finding aid available in repository and on the Internet.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- *T-Mss 1988-005