Engraved invitation card from Julian Beck and Judith Malina requesting recipient's presence at a cocktail party celebrating the first anniversary of the opening of The Living Theatre on Wednesday, January 13, 1960. [details]
Single-sided handbill / flyer published in conjunction with performance held August 1, 1960. Performance included works by Alfred [Al] Hansen, Dick [Richard] Higgins, Jackson Mac Low, Larry [Lawrence] Poons, La Monte Young, and Raymond Edward Johnson performed by The Audio Visual Group of The Living Theatre. [details]
Program for four plays produced during the 1960-61 season at the Living Theatre. "In the Jungle of Cities," by Bertolt Brecht, directed by Judith Malina; "The Connection," directed by Malina and featuring Archie Shepp on tenor sax, "The Theatre of Chance I: The Marrying Maiden," by Jackson MacLow, directed by Malina; and "The Theatre of Chance II: Women of Trachis," by Sophokles, a version by Exra Pound, designed and directed by Julian Beck. ... [details]
Flyer / announcement published in conjunction with a series of performances held August 8, [1960]. Featuring readings of new plays by Diane Di Prima, Frank O'Hara, and Stephen De Naut; and music, dance and theatre events by George Brecht, Nicola Cernovich, David Gordon, John Herbert McDowell, and James Waring. ... [details]
Single page program for "A Concert of New Music" held March 14, 1960. Features "Sound Piece 1958" by Allan Kaprow; "Card Piece for Voice" by George Brecht; "Telephone Music" by Robert Rauschenberg; "A sequence of stuttering records from the Ray Johnson / Dorothy Podber Collection"; "Symphonie Pastorale" by Richard Maxfield; "Suite for Toy Piano" by John John Cage; "Bibbe's Tao" by Al Hansen; "Cough Music" by Maxfield; "Music for a While" by John Herbert McDowell; "Imaginary Landscape No. ... [details]
Oversized flyer / handbill published in conjunction with three performances by David Tudor at The Living Theatre held on March 28 featuring compositions by Sylvano Bussotti, Cornelius Cardew, Franco Evangelisti, Gottfried Michael Koenig, Bo Nilsson, Kurt Schwertsik, and Karlheinz Stockhausen; April 4 featuring compositions by John Cage and Christian Wolff; and April 11 featuring compositions by David Behrman, Cornelius Cardew, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Henri Pousseur, Stockausen, and La Monte Young (performed with assistance of Cage and Ichiyanagi). ... [details]
Poster announcing performances of "Women of Trachis" by Sophokles, edited by Ezra Pound and "The Marrying Maiden" by Jackson Mac Low at The Living Theatre, opening June 9, 1960. Direction by Julian Beck and Judith Maling, designs by Beck, lighting by Nichola Cernovich. ... [details]
Poster presentation of William Butler Yeat's "Purgatory," "The Herne's Egg," and "A Full Moon in March" held on September 19 & 26, [1960]. [details]
Flyer / announcement published in conjunction with "a fun show for children" held April 18, 19, 22, and 23, [1960]. Performers included Aileen Armstrong, Sudie Bond, Shirley Kaplan, and Judith Martin. ... [details]
Single sided flyer, mini-poster promoting showings of "Geography of the Body," "Desist Film," "Mechanics of Love," and "Noguchi" at The Living Room Theatre. America's leading experimental film-makers personally introducing their own works including Willard Maas, Stan Brakhage, Marie Menken, Charles Boultenhouse, and Ben Moore. [details]