- unitid
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{"value"=>"*T-Mss 2000-040", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"18870", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1969-1970", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1969/1970"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1969
- date_inclusive_end
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1970
- keydate
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1969
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Dick Feldman collection of Orlando Furioso production files"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".67 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"3 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"id"=>"THE", "value"=>"Billy Rose Theatre Division"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The collection contains Dick Feldman's documentation of the play <span class=\"title\">Orlando Furioso</span>, which took place in Bryant Park in New York in 1970. Feldman was the president of the Orlando Theatrical Company, Inc., which produced the show. The collection contains corporate documents, photographs, slides, set design plans, artifacts, and clippings documenting critical and popular reaction to the show."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Dick Feldman collection of Orlando Furioso production files, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Feldman, Dick", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Dick Feldman was president of The Orlando Theatrical Company, Inc., a company formed to bring the play <span class=\"title\">Orlando Furioso</span> to New York in 1970. The play was staged by Luca Ronconi and performed by the Teatro Libero di Roma. It was shown in several European cities before coming to the United States. The play was adapted from Lodovico Ariosto's 16th century epic poem of the same name by Edoardo Sangunietti.</p> <p>The play was originally to be held on Pier 86 in Chelsea, as a part of Mayor Lindsay's plan to repurpose portions of the waterfront for cultural activity. This proposal was met with picketing from the International Longshoremen's Association, which preferred to see renewal of shipping on the piers. Ultimately, the play was moved to Bryant Park, where it would be performed under a specially constructed \"bubble.\"</p> <p><span class=\"title\">Orlando Furioso</span> opened on November 4, 1970. The play was noted for its frenetic action that removed physical boundaries between stage and spectator, with actors even being suspended above the audience at times. Critical and public reaction was strongly divided, with some viewers feeling the play was spectacle without substance and others seeing it as fast-paced fun.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection contains documentation of the 1970 New York City production of the play <span class=\"title\">Orlando Furioso</span> collected by Dick Feldman, the president of the Orlando Theatrical Company, Inc. It contains corporate documents of the Orlando Theatrical Company, Inc., photographs, the architectural plans for Bryant Park, artifacts, and clippings.</p> <p>Photographs comprise the largest part of the collection. These are mostly shots taken during the play by professional photographers and intended for publicity, and they illustrate the play's action and stagecraft. Photographers include Martha Swope, Ugo Mulas, and Ivan Farkas. Also included are actor head shots and travel pictures. Additional formats present include negatives, slides, and contact sheets.</p> <p>Several folders of clippings document media portrayal of the play throughout its duration. These document all aspects of the play, from the dispute with the International Longshoremen's Association, to the critical and public reception, to news items about the actors.</p> <p>The Orlando Theatrical Company's seal punch and two corporate moveable-type blocks were separated to the T-Cabinet, Billy Rose Theater Division. Please contact reference staff for access to these items.</p> <p>Materials are in English and Italian.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Folders are arranged alphabetically.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Dick Feldman, 2000.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">David A. Olson, New York University/Palmer School of Library and Information Science, 2014</span>, <span class=\"date\">2013</span></p>"}
{"value"=>"<p>The materials came to the Library in envelopes but lacked collection-wide order. Existing groupings and descriptions, where present, were retained when materials were rehoused in archival folders, and additional description was added.</p>"}
- userestrict
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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 theatrediv@nypl.org.</p>"}
- extent_statement
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.67 linear feet (3 boxes)
- date_start
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1969
- date_end
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1970