Charles Ludlam and the Ridiculous Theatrical Company interview tape collection [sound recording] / David Kaufman.

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Charles Ludlam and the Ridiculous Theatrical Company interview tape collection [sound recording] / David Kaufman.

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Consists of 83 sound cassettes, each representing one or more taped interviews of people involved with Charles Ludlam and/or the Ridiculous Theatrical Company. All interviews were conducted by David Kaufman as source material for his book "Ridiculous! : the theatrical life and times of Charles Ludlam," or other articles written about Ludlam, the company, and his associates. Interviewees include: Eric Bentley, John Brockmeyer, Black Eyed Susan, David Hockney, Madeline Kahn, Lola Pashalinski, Steven Samuels, and Christopher Scott, among others.

83 sound cassettes : analog, mono.

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 8233584

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Ridiculous Theatrical Company.

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Ludlam, Charles

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b. 1943; d. 1987. From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)). WorldCat record id: 723155580 Adam Berger, artist. From the guide to the Adam Berger portraits of performing arts personalities, 1967-1976, (The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.) Charles Ludlam, actor, director, and playwright, was born April 12, 1943. He began his career in 1966 with the...

Hockney, David

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Painter, photographer; b. 1937. From the description of Interview with David Hockney [videorecording] / Archives of American Art; Lawrence Weschler, interviewer. 1984 September 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81681140 ...

Pashalinski, Lola

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Scott, Christopher, 1945-2002

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Christopher Scott helped found the Ridiculous Theatrical Company with actor/playwright Charles Ludlam in 1967. Scott met Ludlam at Harborfields High School in Greenlawn, Long Island in 1961 when he was a sophomore and Ludlam a senior. After Ludam was expelled from the school's Drama Club, they founded the Student Repertory Theatre in a loft above a liquor store in Northport, Long Island with Scott's mother paying the $25 a month rent. Charles Ludlam (1943-198...

Bentley, Eric, 1916-....

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Eric Russell Bentley (1916- ) was an American editor, translator and professor of dramatic literature at Columbia University. From the description of Eric Bentley papers, ca. 1960-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122517495 From the guide to the Eric Bentley papers, ca. 1960-1964, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Eric Bentley, theater critic and dramatist. From the description of Eric Bentley letters to Mary Douglas Di...

Samuels, Steven

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Kaufman, David, 1948-

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Charles Ludlam (1943-1987), the son of Joseph William and Marjorie Braun Ludlam, was born April 12, 1943 in Floral Park, Long Island. He graduated from Hofstra University in 1965 and then moved to New York City to begin his acting career. Ludlam made his first New York stage appearance in 1966 at the Play-House of the Ridiculous, a group formed by playwright Ronald Tavel and director John Vaccaro. In 1967, Ludlam founded his own theatrical group, the Ridiculous Theatrical Company, and began to w...

Kahn, Madeline

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Carlson, Susan, 1952-

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Brockmeyer, John.

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