Stefan Brecht records typescript, 198-.

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Stefan Brecht records typescript, 198-.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/470400188

A xerox copy of the book typescript of Book 4 in a projected series of 9 volumes, "The original theatre of the City of New York from the mid-sixties to the mid-seventies," which examines the culturally revolutionary growth of the American theater from 1963 to 1973 as a reflection of that decade's libertarian spirit. The typescript if divided into 10 cardboard binders.

1.5 linear ft. ( 3 boxes)

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Schumann, Peter, 1934-

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Brecht, Stefan, 1924-2009

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German-American author and poet. From the description of Stefan Brecht records typescript, 198-. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 470400188 ...

Bread and Puppet Theater

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West German immigrant Peter Schumann (1934-) founded the Bread and Puppet Theater in New York in 1961. Influenced by the peace movement in New York, Schumann wrote radical anti-war plays for his puppet theater. He incorporated religion and morality into the central anti-war theme of the plays. The Bread and Puppet Theater offered bread, baked by the group, to the audience at the beginning of every performance. Schumann declared that theater was as basic to life as bread, hence the nam...