Split Britches Archive 1978-2000

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Split Britches Archive 1978-2000

http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/fales/splitbritches/splitbritches.html

Split Britches is a lesbian theater troupe founded in 1980 by Lois Weaver, Peggy Shaw, and Deb Margolin. This collection contains scripts, press materials and clippings, notes, and photography spanning the troupe's existence.

9.75 linear feet

Fales Library & Special Collections

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SNAC Resource ID: 6330451

Fales Library & Special Collections

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Shaw, Peggy

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64593z0 (person)

Weaver, Lois

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Split Britches

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Split Britches was formed in 1980 by Deb Margolin, Peggy Shaw, and Lois Weaver. The award-winning troupe has written, produced, and performed multiple plays: some which involve all members of the troupe and some works created in collaboration with other groups like Bloolips and Gay Sweatshop. Split Britches performances incorporate riffs on popular culture with music and examinations of gendered/gay/lesbian/queer culture and relationships. Still active today, members of the group tour and perfor...

Margolin, Deb

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rs7vrf (person)