Richard Foreman papers

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unitid

{"value"=>"*T-Mss 1992-012", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"21535", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Richard Foreman papers"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1973-1987", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1973/1987"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".21 lf. (1 box of material)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1973

date_inclusive_end

1987

origination

{"value"=>"Foreman, Richard, 1937-", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Richard Foreman (1937- ), American director, designer and playwright, founded the Ontological-Hysteric Theatre company in New York in 1968 in order to present his avant-garde plays. Beginning in 1979, he co-produced his work with the New York Shakespeare Festival, the Music Theatre Group/Lenox Art Center and the Wooster Group. Foreman's plays include TOTAL RECALL (1970), PANDERING TO THE MASSES (1975), PENGUIN TOUQUET (1981), FILM IS EVIL: RADIO IS GOOD (1987), MY HEAD WAS A SLEDGEHAMMER (1994), and BAD BOY NIETZSCHE! (2000).</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The Richard Foreman papers span 1973-1987, and consist of two notebooks, handwritten notes and a typescript of his play NEGATIVES, and two articles about Richard Foreman's work, one in French and the other in Italian.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"THE 1992-012"}

{"date"=>"05/29/1992", "source"=>"Foreman, Richard", "extent"=>".21 o", "value"=>"Foreman, Richard, 05/29/1992"}

keydate

1973

prefercite

{"value"=>"Richard Foreman papers, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Richard Foreman (1937- ), American director, designer and playwright, founded the Ontological-Hysteric Theatre company in New York in 1968 in order to present his avant-garde plays. Beginning in 1979, he co-produced his work with the New York Shakespeare Festival, the Music Theatre Group/Lenox Art Center and the Wooster Group. Foreman's plays include TOTAL RECALL (1970), PANDERING TO THE MASSES (1975), PENGUIN TOUQUET (1981), FILM IS EVIL: RADIO IS GOOD (1987), MY HEAD WAS A SLEDGEHAMMER (1994), and BAD BOY NIETZSCHE! (2000). The Richard Foreman papers span 1973-1987, and consist of two notebooks, handwritten notes and a typescript of his play NEGATIVES, and two articles about Richard Foreman's work, one in French and the other in Italian.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

.21 linear feet. (1 box of material)

date_start

1973

date_end

1987

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