Papers, ca. 1969-

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Papers, ca. 1969-

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Collection consists of materials related to the development and growth of the Amargosa Opera House as a performance venue by Marta Becket and Tom Williams and the productions created by Marta Becket since the theater's opening in 1968.

4 boxes (2.0 linear ft.)1 oversize box.

University of California, Los Angeles

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University of California, Los Angeles

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Amargosa Opera House (Death Valley Junction, Calif.)

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Becket, Marta

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Marta Becket was born in New York City in 1924 and raised there until she was six. She moved with her mother to Harrisburg, Penn. and later to Philadelphia where she studied piano and art. At the age of 12, after her parents divorce, she returned with her mother to New York where she studied interpretive dance with Ingaborg Tarrup and ballet with Mme. Dorothy Duval. During the Depression, she dropped out of high school to begin a full-time dance career. She danced in nightclubs, army and navy ho...