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Ridiculous! : the theatrical life and times of Charles Ludlam / David Kaufman.
Van Pelt Library PS3562.U258 Z68 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kaufman, David (David A.)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ludlam, Charles.
- Ridiculous Theatrical Company.
- Theater--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.
- Theater.
- American farces.
- Avant-garde (Aesthetics).
- Experimental drama, American.
- New York (State)--New York.
- History.
- Theatrical producers and directors--United States--Biography.
- Theatrical producers and directors.
- United States.
- Experimental drama, American--History and criticism.
- Dramatists, American--20th century--Biography.
- Dramatists, American.
- Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--United States.
- American farces--History and criticism.
- Actors--United States--Biography.
- Actors.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Biography.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 496 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, 2002.
- Summary:
- "From his first, unscripted appearance on an Off-Broadway stage in the revolutionary Sixties to the front-page news of his death from AIDS in 1987 at age 44, Charles Ludlam embodied the upheavals of his time. The astonishing life and legacy of this American comic genius are at last revealed in Ridiculous!, a literary biography of a theatrical force to be reckoned with." "After founding the Ridiculous Theatrical Company in 1967, Ludlam sustained an ever-shifting troupe of bohemian players through two decades of daunting circumstances by writing 29 plays- plays that he directed and starred in as well. Ludlam's gender-bending theories and creative experimentation have reached far beyond his early influence on Bette Midler, the original cast of Saturday Night Live, and countless other artists. Posthumously, his work has become increasingly popular at regional theaters, on college campuses, and on stages throughout the world."--Jacket.
- Contents:
- Introduction: A lifetime to explain
- Suburban rebel
- The whold world his stage
- Flaming creatures
- Glitter and be gay
- With the force from my emerald eye
- A well-made play
- In the forbidden city
- The ultimate masochism
- Caprice itself
- A talent like this
- Secret lives
- Ridiculous diva
- One for the ages
- Every day a little death
- Toodle-oo, Marguerite!
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-473) and index.
- Lambda Literary Awards - Biography, Winner, 2003
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2 has dustjacket retained.
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy 2 signed by the author.
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy 2 has book reviews laid in.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Kaufman, David (David A.). Ridiculous!
- ISBN:
- 1557835888
- 9781557835888
- OCLC:
- 50946011
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