Series I: General Correspondence

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{"value"=>"1946-1964", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1946/1964"}

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{"value"=>"Series I: General Correspondence"}

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{"value"=>"<p>General correspondence, incoming and outgoing, is arranged chronologically. Included are letters regarding production rights, requests for publicity, invitations to critics, appeals for funds, and requests for tickets. The correspondence documents many aspects of managing the <span class=\"corpname\">Living Theatre</span>, encompassing fund raising, translations of works to be performed, literary rights and royalties, and exchanges with critics, subscribers, and audiences. Early <span class=\"genreform\">correspondence</span>, ca. 1946-1948 includes letters to and from <span class=\"persname\">Judith Malina</span> and <span class=\"persname\">Julian Beck</span> regarding an announcement they placed in the <span class=\"title\">Saturday Review of Literature</span> to find people for their new theater. There are also copies of letters from Malina and Beck to notable theater people asking for interviews and a chance to discuss their plans for creating a new and unique theater group. Subjects also include plans for various theater locations, European tours and the possibility of starting a school. The correspondence includes letters to and from friends, colleagues, critics, actors, supporters, literary agents, translators, and audience members. Both personal matters and business concerns are discussed.</p> <p>Among the correspondents (some of these are represented by only one or two letters) are: <span class=\"persname\">Marta Abba</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Joseph Campbell</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Grant Code</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Glyn Collins</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Jean Erdman</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Claude Fredericks</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Paul Goodman</span>, <span class=\"persname\">H.B. Lutz</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Willard Maas</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Jackson MacLow</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Gerhard Nellhaus</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Fritz Perls</span>, <span class=\"persname\">Kenneth Rexroth</span> and <span class=\"persname\">Consuelo Sides</span>. Some of the outgoing letters were written by Living Theatre staff, including <span class=\"persname\">Lawrence Kornfeld</span> and <span class=\"persname\">James Spicer</span>, both of whom worked as general managers of the Living Theatre.</p>"}

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{"value"=>"<p>Chronological</p>"}

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1946

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1946

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1964

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1946

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1964

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