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{"value"=>"*L (Special) 05-09", "type"=>"local_call"}
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- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Charles Ludlam and the Ridiculous Theatrical Company interview tape collection"}
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"83 sound cassettes", "unit"=>"item_original"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\"> The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\"> New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center</span> <span class=\"addressline\">40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"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."}
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{"value"=>"English"}
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{"value"=>"<p> *L (Special) 05-09. Charles Ludlam and the Ridiculous Theatrical Company interviews collection, Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Kaufman, David, 1951-", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p> 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 write his own plays. According to the Cambridge guide to theatre, \"the Ridiculous Theatrical Company was one of the first American theaters to deal explicitly with homosexual themes. Known for their flamboyant style, high camp, and combinations of the lofty and the lowly, plays at the Ridiculous are often based on classical dramatic and operatic texts, which are then both spoofed and celebrated with cross-dressing, scatological humor, visual gags, and puns.\" \"Since Ludlam's death from AIDS in 1987, the Ridiculous has continued under the directorship of his life-partner Everett Quinton, a long time actor and designer with the theatre.\"</p> <p>Source:</p> <p> <span class=\"bibref\"> Banham, Martin. <span class=\"title\">Cambridge Guide to Theatre</span> . Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995.</span></p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p> 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, <span class=\"title\"> Ridiculous! : the theatrical life and times of Charles Ludlam</span>, or other articles written about Ludlam, the company, and his associates.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p> Arranged alphabetically by last name of interviewee, and then chronologically.</p> <p> Note that some interviews span more than one cassette, and some cassettes contain more than one interview.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p> Gift of <span class=\"persname\">David Kaufman</span></p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p> Processed by Thomas C. Christie; machine-readable finding aid created by T. Christie.</p>"}
- accessrestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>Access to original items by permission only. Some items may be available as service copies. Other items which need preservation work may require advance notification for use. Refer to item descriptions in individual catalog records for more information. Users never directly handle sound recordings. Listening selections are transmitted through a playback system.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p> No copying of private, non-commercial material is allowed without the written permission of the proprietary rights holder. For further information contact the Curator, The Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.</p>"}
- extent_statement
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83 sound cassettes