Magic Theatre production photographs [graphic] / by Doug Muir. 1968-1971.

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Magic Theatre production photographs [graphic] / by Doug Muir. 1968-1971.

Production photographs of early performances of the Magic Theatre in San Francisco and Berkeley, some of which were written by Michael McClure. Some of these performances took place at Mandrake's Bar in Berkeley, and some at the Steppenwolf Bar in San Francisco. Included are Charbroiled Chinchilla, The Meatball, The Pansy, Spider Rabbit, The Cherub, The Dutchman, The Gas heart, Holy communion, The Leader, The Madness of Lady Bright, The Master, Meat poems, Miles Gloriosus, Sheriff Bill, Striptease of jealousy, Thoughts on meeting a friend, and Victims of duty. Also includes several programs and other theater-related ephemera.

1 box (ca. 125 photographic prints and 12 printed items) : chiefly b&w, some color ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7883654

UC Berkeley Libraries

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McClure, Michael.

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Michael McClure was an American poet, playwright, songwriter, and novelist, and part of the Beat Generation of poetry. He was one of five authors who read at the famous San Francisco Six Gallery reading, and became close with Jack Kerouac, being immortalized as Pat McLean in Big Sur. He is known as the Prince of the Frisco Scene. From the guide to the Michael McClure letter to Diane di Prima, September 1968, (Ohio University) San Francisco-based ...

Muir, Douglas

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Magic Theatre (San Francisco, CA)

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