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{"value"=>"*T-Mss 1998-045", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"21794", "type"=>"local_mss"}
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{"value"=>"circa 1962-2001", "type"=>"inclusive", "certainty"=>"approximate"}
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1962
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2001
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1962
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1962
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2001
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1969
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2000
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{"value"=>"John Edward Heys papers"}
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.</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>"}
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{"value"=>"John Edward Heys is an actor/filmmaker/director/writer who performed with numerous performance groups including the Angels of Light and Charles Ludlam's Ridiculous Theatrical Company. He worked with numerous artists including Charles Ludlam, Ethyl Eichelberger, Jackie Curtis, Cookie Mueller, Bill Vehr, Tomata du Plenty, and Gary Indiana. Heys also created several one man shows including his portrayal of Diana Vreeland and <span class=\"title\">La Mamounia</span>; directed Alba Clemente in Rene Ricard's translation of Jean Cocteau's <span class=\"title\">A Human Voice</span>; and created a documentary about Charlotte von Mahlsdorf. The collection contains materials related to the people and personalities whom Heys knew and the performances that Heys was involved in or attended. A significant portion of the collection concerns performances Heys created. Materials also concern Charles Ludlam, the Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Jackie Curtis, and Cookie Mueller. Materials include correspondence, photographs, clippings, publicity, and advertising posters."}
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{"value"=>"<p>John Heys Papers, *T-Mss 1998-045. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"Heys, John Edward, 1948-", "type"=>"persname"}
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{"value"=>"<p>John Edward Heys was born in New Jersey. Upon his father's death two days after Heys' 12th birthday, he was educated (grades 7 thru 12) at a private boarding school in northern New Jersey. Upon graduating from secondary school, Heys moved to Miami Shores, Florida, to the home of his maternal aunts. After two semesters of college majoring in Liberal Arts, Heys moved to New York City in 1968 and became part of the East Village and West Village alternative life and LGBSTG culture. In August 1969, he founded America's first bi-monthly newspaper for the LGBSTG community, Gay Power, the official title totaling 24 issues and was Editor until August 1970. One of its covers was created by Robert Mapplethorpe. The newspaper also contained illustrations by Touko Laaksonen, better known as Tom of Finland, as well as regular contributors as Arthur Bell, Taylor Mead, Charles Ludlam, Pudgy Roberts, Bill Vehr, Pat Maxwell, Clayton Cole and regular columns from all of the active LGBSTG groups, from the most conservative Mattachine Society to the most radical The Gay Liberation Front, and all the other groups in between. Heys is an actor/ filmmaker/director/writer who performed with numerous performance groups including the Angels of Light and Charles Ludlam's Ridiculous Theatrical Company. Heys worked with numerous artists including Charles Ludlam, Ethyl Eichelberger, Jackie Curtis, Cookie Mueller, Bill Vehr, Tomata du Plenty, and as Roman Polanski in Gary Indiana's THE ROMAN POLANSKI STORY.</p> <p>Heys began his career as an usher then stage manager and designer for Ethyl Eichelberger. He was a member of the New York based Angels of Light and performed in several of the Palm Casino Revues in the 1970s. A onetime lover of Charles Ludlam, Heys acted in several Ridiculous Theatrical Company productions. He starred as Moderna 83 in <span class=\"title\">Le Bourgeois Avant-Garde</span> (1982), Aristotle Plato Socrates Odysseus in <span class=\"title\">Galas</span> (1983), and as Schahabarim in <span class=\"title\">Salammbo</span> (1985).</p> <p>In the 1980s Heys acted in several shows with Cookie Mueller including <span class=\"title\">A Car Story</span> and <span class=\"title\">Two Chin People</span>. He acted in Gary Indiana's <span class=\"title\">The Roman Polanski Story</span> in 1981 and then in Indiana's ca. 1984 <span class=\"title\">Roman a Clef</span>. In 1987 he was one of the celebrated ensemble members for <span class=\"title\">Excerpts from Champagne & Glamour, Glory, & Gold by Jackie Curtis</span>. Heys was also a favorite model of photographers including Peter Hujar.</p> <p>Heys performed several one-man shows beginning with an autobiographical monologue in 1980s <span class=\"title\">The Childhood Show</span>. In 1982 he presented <span class=\"title\">La Mamounia (Crime Doesn't Pay)</span>, an autobiographical show written and performed at the Open Gate Theatre at Bellevue Hospital. In 1984 Heys was invited to Berlin to perform two characters from David Wojnarowicz's (Sounds In The Distance) and his own two pieces La Mamounia - Crime Doesn't Pay and Poverty In The Penthouse. He presented his <span class=\"title\">Moroccan Bride</span> based on his trips to Morocco and Spain in New York in the 1980s and in Berlin in 1997. His celebrated portrayal of <span class=\"title\">Diana Vreeland</span> was performed in New York at La Mama in the early 1990s, at Ellen Stewart's 30th Anniversary celebration at La Mama in 1992, and in Berlin in 1997 as <span class=\"title\">The Empress V</span> at <span class=\"title\">Goodbye to Berlin? 100 Jahre Schwulenbewegung</span>. He also created <span class=\"title\">A Diana Vreeland Christmas</span> for La Mama in 1991. In 1997 he directed Alba Clemente in Rene Ricard's translation of Jean Cocteau's <span class=\"title\">A Human Voice</span>. and his short documentary film co-created with Fernando Küntzel concerning Charlotte von Mahlsdorf premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>This collection includes materials related to the people and personalities whom Heys knew and the performances that Heys was involved in or attended. Production files contain scripts, correspondence, and publicity materials primarily related to shows that John Heys acted in. Personality files contain materials related to artists whom Heys knew and to performances that Heys apparently did not perform in. There are several files devoted to the Ridiculous Theatrical Company Productions and Jackie Curtis as well as significant materials concerning Hey's one man shows. Materials include correspondence, scripts, photographs, clippings, publicity, and advertising posters.</p> <p>John Heys created several one person shows and performed his material in both New York and in Berlin. This collection contains significant materials related to Heys' performances as <span class=\"title\">Diana Vreeland</span> at La Mama in New York City in 1991, and at <span class=\"title\">Goodbye to Berlin? 100 Jahre Schwulenbewegung</span> in 1997. Materials convey Heys' perfectionism regarding his recreation of Vreeland. Materials include financial, correspondence, contract, and publicity as well as a copy of Diana Vreeland's autobiography. Additional Heys shows include <span class=\"title\">La Mamounia (Crime Doesn't Pay)</span> and <span class=\"title\">The Moroccan Bride</span>. Heys also directed Alba Clemente in a Rene Ricard translation of Jean Cocteau's <span class=\"title\">A Human Voice</span>. Materials include multiple annotated scripts and publicity.</p> <p>The Heys papers contain materials documenting the members and events of the mainly New York City based artistic community of the 1970s-1990s. Heys maintained materials documenting performances and friendships as well as deaths and memorials. Significant collections include items related to Agosto Machado, Jackie Curtis, and Cookie Mueller. The Jackie Curtis files contain correspondence with Heys, publicity materials for multiple performances, photographs, obituaries and prayer cards. The Cookie Mueller files include scripts from performances with Heys, publicity, articles, and clippings.</p> <p>Heys was closely associated with Charles Ludlam and The Ridiculous Theatrical Company. The Ridiculous Theatrical Company files contain scripts to performances with Heys, publicity materials, photographs, and materials related to Charles Ludlam including correspondence and personal writings. The Heys papers also contain correspondence and publicity materials from Ridiculous members Bill Vehr and Black Eyed Susan.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The John Edward Heys papers are arranged in four series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21794#c813792'>Series I: Productions</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>ca 1970-2001</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains materials related primarily to productions that involved John Heys. Files contain materials related to assorted professional productions and Heys' one man shows. Significant productions include The Ridiculous Theatrical Company's productions of <span class=\"title\">Le Bourgeoise Avant-Garde</span>, <span class=\"title\">Galas</span>, and <span class=\"title\">Salammbo</span>; Gary Indiana's <span class=\"title\">Roman Polanski Story</span> and <span class=\"title\">Roman a Clef</span> and John Heys' <span class=\"title\">Diana Vreeland</span>, <span class=\"title\">La Mamounia</span>, and <span class=\"title\">A Human Voice</span>. Materials include scripts, clippings, photographs, and publicity materials.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21794#c813928'>Series II: Personalities</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1967-2001</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains materials related to people or groups whom John Heys knew and or worked with in some capacity. Files contain significant materials related to Angels of Light, the Cockettes, The Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Jackie Curtis and Cookie Mueller. Materials include publicity materials, photographs, correspondence, obituaries, and memorial materials.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21794#c814087'>Series III: Personal Papers</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1972-2001</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains unique materials unrelated to other series. Materials include daily correspondence, an inscribed datebook, and materials related to trips Heys took, as well as Diana Vreeland's autobiography <span class=\"title\">D. V.</span> The series also includes a book of pornography inscribed to Heys from Charles Ludlam.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21794#c814104'>Series IV: Oversized</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>ca 1970-2001</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains correspondence from Agosto Machado, oversized articles and clippings, and publicity posters concerning productions Heys took part in or attended. Posters include those for Angels of Light, Cockettes, John Heys performances, <span class=\"title\">Oh! Jackie! Oh! The Best of Champagne and Glamour, Glory, and Gold By Jackie Curtis</span>, and the <span class=\"title\">Palm Casino Revue</span>. The series also includes an inscribed poster from <span class=\"title\">Holly Woodlawn's The Low Life in High Heels Worldwind Tour.</span></p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
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{"value"=>"<p> <ul class=\"list\"> <li>Series I: Productions, ca. 1970-2001</li> <li>Series II: Personalities, 1967-2000</li> <li>Series III: Personal Papers, 1972-2001</li> <li>Series IV: Oversized Materials, ca. 1970-2001</li></ul></p>", "supress_display"=>true}
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{"value"=>"<p>The John Heys Papers were donated to the Billy Rose Theatre Division in 1998 by John Heys.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p> <ul class=\"list\"> <li>Stuffed elephant from George Osterman's memorial, undated</li> <li>Poster <ul class=\"list\"> <li> <span class=\"title\">The Future Has a Silver Lining - Genealogies of Glamour</span> Exhibition poster for August 28 - October 31, 2004 at the Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst in Zurich, Switzerland. Poster includes Heys' name.</li></ul></li> <li>Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound <ul class=\"list\"> <li>Taylor Mead in Morocco</li> <li>Italian Sounding song/ Holly Woodlawn/ in Vagtazo Halottkemek case</li></ul></li> <li>Theatre on Film and Tape Archive (TOFT) <ul class=\"list\"> <li> <span class=\"title\">Alarm</span>, ca. 1998 (By J. H.)</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Das Blaue Lied (The Blue Song)</span> 11/99 - Dedicated to Cookie Mueller</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Charlotte in Sweden</span> 1997 by J.H.)</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">A Human Voice</span> with Alba Clemente, 1995 (Directed by J. H.)</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">John Heys as Diana Vreeland</span>, at La Mama, 1990</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">The Moroccan Bride</span>, English (by J. H.)</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Schwarze Seide: Dorothy Parker und das Allgonequin (Nightcafe) Eine Lesung mit Gertrud Gorgon, John Edward Heys, and Juditha Rauschtenberger</span> Berlin, 1996</li> <li> <span class=\"title\">Survival in New York</span>, Rosa von Praunheim, (w/ J. H.)</li></ul></li></ul></p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Whitney E. Berman; Machine-readable finding aid created by Whitney E. Berman.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The author/creator retains copyright of materials. For information on obtaining permission to publish, contact the Theatre Division at theatre@nypl.org.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Manuscripts and Archives Division, New York Public Library</p>"}
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8.34 linear feet (8 boxes)