Original programme for The Living Theatre's production of William Carlos Williams's play, 'Many Loves'. NY: The Living Theatre, (January) 1959. Red and blue dyed decorated wrps., 16pp. Front cover drawing by Jean Cocteau. Prints texts by Alan Hovhaness and Martin Buber, along with cast and production details. The play was the first to be staged in The Living Theatre's new Playhouse at Sixth Avenue and 14th Street. It was well received and a party held in celebration for it was attended by Allen Ginsberg (who kneeled in homage at Julian Beck's feet), Jack Kerouac (with whom Beck was..... More about MANY LOVES

NY: Grove Press (Evergreen Original), 1960. First edition. Wrps., 96pp. + 16pp. b/w photo-illustrations by John E. Wulp (including Warren Finnerty as Leach on the front cover). Preface by Kenneth Tynan. Jack Gelber's depiction of the life of drug-addicted musicians was first performed by The Living Theatre in July 1959 and brought them their first real success. Designed by Julian Beck and directed by Judith Malina, it featured, among others, Freddie Redd, who wrote and performed the music with Jackie McLean, Larry Ritchie and Michael Mattos. In a letter from jail in 1965 to his friend Karl Bissinger..... More about THE CONNECTION + London Theatre programme

8vo. Stapled wrps., unpaginated (16pp.). Cover drawing by Jean Cocteau. 3 photo-illustrations. Provides details of four plays produced during the 1961-62 season at The Living Theatre: 'The Apple' by Jack Gelber, directed by Judith Malina and designed by Julian Beck (it featured an early theatrical appearance by James Earl Jones); 'In the Jungle of Cities' by Bertolt Brecht, directed by Malina, who featured in the cast alongside Joseph Chaikin and Martin Sheen; 'The Connection' by Jack Gelber, also directed by Malina and featuring Joseph Chaikin and Martin Sheen; and 'Many Loves' by William Carlos Williams, directed and designed..... More about THE LIVING THEATRE: REPERTORY 1961-62 10th Anniversary

Original flyer announcing 'Jail Poets', a poetry reading at The Living Theatre sponsored by Julian Beck and Judith Malina, July 22, 1963. Printed in black on white paper stock. 28x21.6cm. Artwork by Emma Silverman (uncredited). The ten poets who read included Julian Beck, Carol Bergé, Saul Gottlieb, Judith Malina, Jack Micheline, George Montgomery, and Ed Sanders (who had recently started using The Living Theatre's typewriter to type stencils for his mimeo mag, Fuck You/A Magazine of the Arts). A second 'Jail Poets' reading was held on September 9, featuring, among others, Jackson Mac Low, Taylor Mead..... More about JAIL POETS

Ed. Tom McGrath. Beck originally wrote the synopsis, also known as 'The Skeleton Key' or 'The Frankenstein Poem', in Velletri, Italy in 1965, later revising it three times. Also: Ezra Pound; Morton Feldman in London; Bradley Martin (Hoppy) interviews George Andrews; the London Filmmakers Co-op/Festival of Underground Films, with a commentary by William Burroughs on Antony Balch's film 'Towers Open Fire!', and an Adam Ritchie photo of Barbara Rubin filming Jonas Mekas in NYC (she filmed The Living Theatre's production of 'The Connection' in 1962); Kim Fowley ('Portrait of a Freak'); a report on IT's launch..... More about "Berlin… The Living Theatre", a short article on The Living Theatre's production...

4to. Stapled wrps., 32pp. Illustrated. Ed. Susan Sherman; contributing editors Arthur Sainer and Joseph Berke. Prints three letters from Julian Beck to his friend, Karl Bissinger (illustrated with the latter's photographs of Beck and The Living Theatre), dating from January 1965. Also: Charles Poncé on alchemy; poems by Jerome Rothenberg; Truffaut's 'Fahrenheit 451'; cover and drawings by Dorothy Heller; sculptor Jason Seley; Carol Bergé (mentions of Jud Yalkut/USCO and Max Neuhaus); Mark Hedden on prehistoric symbols; Allen Katzman (editor of EVO); the Tarot; ads. for The Free School of NY and the Dialectics of Liberation conference..... More about "Letters from Jail" by Julian Beck (5pp.) in IKON #2 - 'Magic and Art' issue...

Ed. Bill Levy. A transcript of Julian Beck's speech from the Congress on the Dialectics of Liberation held at the Roundhouse in July 1967, edited (and titled) by Bill Levy. Also: front cover art by Ilene Astrahan (later a pioneer of computer art); Brion Gysin in London, w. photo by Abigail Levy; Harry Fainlight; John Wilcock; the Maharishi interviewed by Marie-Louise Jureit and Malcolm Hart; Pamela Zoline; Ray Durgnat ("Understanding Kinkery"); a 2pp. interview with Steve Abrams (SOMA); John Peel; more + ads. for the Arts Lab; Oz magazine (designed by Martin Sharp); Kleptomania boutique; and half-page 'Christmas..... More about "Sex Money and Action in a Supplementary Society" (2pp.), with photo-illustrations by...

A group of 19 b/w photographs by Gérard Collet of The Living Theatre's production of 'Paradise Now', probably shot in Toulon and/or Geneva in 1968. Each measures 10.5x7.3cm.; photographer's stamp to versos, alongside a Belgian customs stamp. Accompanied by a typewritten sheet providing details of a film by Collet, "Living Theatre, Theatre Libre… on the Living Theatre and their latest piece Paradise Now." Good quality vintage prints featuring Julian Beck, Judith Malina, Jenny Hecht, Karen Weiss [?], and Mel Clay, as well as other members of the troupe and the audience. 'Paradise Now' fully realised The..... More about PARADISE NOW

A group of 11 b/w photographs from The Living Theatre's production of 'Antigone' (1968). Includes two grainy prints of Julian Beck and Judith Malina, each measuring approx. 23.5x18cm., the latter image of Malina as Antigone replicated in a smaller size (14.8x10.5cm.), and a group of eight stage shots (each 8.8x12.7cm.) featuring Julian Beck, Judith Malina, Petra Vogt (who joined The Living Theatre in 1962 and assisted Malina in her translation of Brecht's 'Antigone'), and other cast members. Vintage prints. Photographer unknown. Very Good. 'Antigone', the last script written by a playwright that the company produced, was, like 'Frankenstein'..... More about ANTIGONE

A group of 34 b/w photographs from The Living Theatre's production of 'Mysteries & Smaller Pieces', c. 1968. Sizes vary, most approx. 23x17cm. Vintage prints contained in an orange Agfa-Gevaert box, 24 of them stamped 'Philip J A' on the verso, 4 stamped 'Jean-Paul Saint-Martin', and 5 stamped 'A rendre le jour de la séance à l'administrateur de productions d'aujourd'hui' (one print not stamped). At least one photograph in this latter group is by Gianfranco Mantegna (see front cover of item #81). Includes images of Julian Beck, Judith Malina (who coined the title 'Mysteries and Smaller Pieces'), Jenny..... More about MYSTERIES & SMALLER PIECES

Also: brief news on Anna Lockwood acquiring "a dozen old London taxis, and… making them available for self-drive hire", and Harvey Matusow looking for "computer atrocity stories" for a new book; the Oakland 7; half-page on John Lennon at the Robert Fraser Gallery by Biddy Peppin (Arts Lab), with photo of John and Yoko, plus short letter from Lennon to Canon Verney; Zappa record, and book reviews, by Miles; John Peel's 'Perfumed Garden' (incl. the Oz show at Middle Earth: "Jeff Dexter plays the same records I would play"); ads. for The Deviants' LP 'Ptooff!', Apple; more. Very..... More about "Paradise Now" by Julian Beck, a two-colour centrespread with illustrations by John...

Also: Motherfucker Ben Morea acquitted in Boston; the Oakland 7; lengthy interview with Ken Weaver (The Fugs); colour centrefold poster announcing an exhibition of "Head Graphics"; the White Panthers; Julius Lester; "Pig Death Karma" by Jerry Rubin; qtr.-page ad. for upcoming concerts at the Kinetic Playground (Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin, Tim Hardin, Jeff Beck, and others); full-page back cover colour concert ad. for the MC5 and Rotary Connection at the Seed-Kaleidoscope Up Against The Wall Ball at the Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, February 20; more. Some fraying along spine and age-toning to cover, o/w Very Good. Mojo Entmooter (Greg..... More about "The Living Theatre is Good Dope", a 1pp. photo-illustrated feature by Abe Peck on The...

Also: full-page report on "A New York Happening in the nude: Kusama's Kapers Free Wall Street"; Liza Williams on Fred Neil; ads. for It's A Beautiful Day at the Whisky a Go Go, and screenings of "Andy Warhol's Lonesome Cowboys" and "Jack Smith's Infamous Masterpiece Flaming Creatures" ("for liberal-minded adults only!"); more. Very Good plus. More about "Mysteries and Smaller Pieces". Harvey Perr's review of The Living Theatre at...

Original poster promoting Marty Topp's 1969 documentary film of The Living Theatre's tour of America in 1968. Printed offset in black on off-white paper. 39x25cm. Designed by Robert LaVigne. Illustrated with a grainy b/w photograph. States "Produced for Universal Mutant by Ira Cohen" and prints a quote by Artaud, with an oblong box in the lower part left blank for screening info. The 40-minute film, the soundtrack for which included music by the MC5 and Sun Ra, premiered at Max's Kansas City on November 11, 1970 as part of the First New York Underground Film Festival... More about PARADISE NOW - LIVING THEATER IN AMERIKA

Contained in a large envelope addressed to Moore in bold red felt-tip ink (postmarked May 1969): i) an original drawing of a female figure by Birgit Knabe. Black ink on paper. 33.3x24.5cm. Together with three signed photocopies (Thermofaxes?) of similar drawings by her, two of them additionally signed on the verso in purple ink and one inscribed by her on the verso (plus one smaller-size photocopy of a drawing, 29.3x21cm.). One of the drawings was used to illustrate the Roundhouse programme [item #73]. Birgit Knabe (Gypsy) performed in several Living Theatre productions and designed the costumes for 'Frankenstein';..... More about A group of items by members of The Living Theatre, originally sent from Grenoble to Jack Henry...

The colours of the solar spectrum were added for the magazine's full-page reproduction of the 'Paradise Now' chart (as per the stage lighting, though not the poster). This issue also includes "The Plot is the Evolution", a Living Theatre photomontage + "The Ritual is the Vision" by Bill Levy, incorporating a text by Judith Malina + half-page ad./advance publicity for The Living Theatre's series of performances in June 1969 at the Roundhouse, "plus late-night intimate things at the Arts Lab". Also: Oz Comicks Supplement, featuring work by Phillipe von Mora, Robert Crumb, S. Clay Wilson, and Martin Sharp's..... More about "The Chart is the Map - Paradise Now!" in Oz #21 (London: OZ Publications Ink Ltd., May...

Original poster announcing The Living Theatre's productions of 'Mysteries', 'Antigone', 'Frankenstein' and 'Paradise Now' at the Roundhouse, north London, June 4-28, 1969. Printed offset-litho by The Word (Notting Hill) in black on white paper stock. 60x76.5cm. Illustrated with a group photograph of The Living Theatre Company. The month-long run at the Roundhouse was consistently sold out, and years later Richard Neville recalled the opening night of 'Paradise Now' in his memoir of the period: "A steamy, scriptless tableau of writhing bodies, exhorting and stamping. Limbs disentangle themselves and figures leap from stage to chairs and berate the audience…..... More about THE LIVING THEATRE AT THE ROUNDHOUSE

Printed in purple ink on white paper stock. 35.5x25.2cm. Prints a brief history of the company and synopses of the four productions, with a ticket booking form in the lower part. Verso prints the Arts Lab calendar for May/June 1969, with mention of The Living Theatre's upcoming run at the Roundhouse and screenings of Living Theatre films, including 'Theatre Libre' and 'Paradise Now'; plus dates for Lee Harris's 'Love Play'; Lindsay Kemp's 'White Pantomime'; lectures by Richard Neville, Eldridge Cleaver, Harvey Matusow and Jay Landesman; Jim Haynes's 'Verbal Happening'; a concert by Musica Electronica Viva; and..... More about Original publicity and booking form for The Living Theatre at the Roundhouse, north London, June...

i) 3pp. typescript with holograph amendments by Steven Ben Israel, beginning "Every time we speak or move, whether we know it or not, WE say I LOVE YOU….". A theoretical text on collective improvisation, quoting RD Laing and asserting that "The ARTISTS responsibility has always been to create the immediate mirror of his time… and to demonstrate the immediate need for this mirror to be changed…" (members of The Living Theatre visited Laing following their run at the Roundhouse in June 1969, and his book "The Politics of Experience", published in 1967, was frequently referred to by the company). Sheets..... More about A group of texts by four Living Theatre members, c. 1970

Indianapolis & NY: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1970. First edition. 8vo. Green cloth. 254pp. + two 12pp. inserts featuring photographs by Gianfranco Mantegna. Dw. design by Aldo Rostagno. A detailed chronicle of The Living Theatre's six-month tour of America in 1968-69 by a regular contributor to under and overground publications who accompanied the entourage throughout, documenting the legal and financial difficulties they encountered en route, together with descriptions of their artistic and political philosophy. Very Good plus in dw. More about THE LIVING THEATRE/USA

i) 2pp. als. from Ira Cohen in New York to Bill Levy in Amsterdam, undated (c. 1970/71). "[Living Theatre member] Henry Howard here w/Sheldons uncut version [Sheldon Rochlin's 1970 documentary film, 'Paradise Now'], which I'll see tonight. Will be showing Amerikan Tour Paradise Now [Marty Topp's film, produced by Ira Cohen] + [Invasion of Thunderbolt] Pagoda this weekend… Have excellent series of [Charles Ludlam's] Bluebeard balling Lola Pashalinski - look good in larger size. Shld I send you some for Suck? Is Suck still sucking? Saw Harold Norse here several days hunting the streets of NY for a live carrot..... More about Two autograph letters signed

Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society Ltd., 1971. First US edition (originally published in Italy in 1971). Sm. 4to. Blue paper covered boards. Unpaginated. Introductory essay by Richard Schechner. Consists of a few brief texts, but mostly a documentary collection of (approx. 280) b/w photographs in production and rehearsals, "as much a presentation of the group as any theatrical spectacle." Very Good plus in unclipped dw. More about THE LIVING BOOK OF THE LIVING THEATRE

NY: Horizon Press, 1972. First US edition. 8vo. Orange cloth. 256pp. + 32pp. photo-insert. The first contemporaneous history of The Living Theatre, originally published in France in 1968 (it was followed by a revised edition in 1970, of which this edition is a translation). The concluding chapter was specially written for this edition, and a 15pp. appendix details The Living Theatre's tours from June 1961 through to the end of 1969. A drama critic for Le journal de Genève, Biner joined The Living Theatre during their American tour in 1968 as company archivist and secretary to..... More about THE LIVING THEATRE

NY: Avon Books, 1975. First edition (p/b original). 367pp. + ads. Includes an 8pp. transcript of Sainer's December 1971 radio interview with Steven Ben Israel of The Living Theatre, a "report on why and how The Mother's Day Play happened." Also includes an historical overview of radical theatre in America from the late 1950s on, and sections printing documents on (or by) The Om-Theatre Workshop (Boston), The Open Theatre, The Bread & Puppet Theatre, The Performance Group, The Firehouse Theater, and the San Francisco Mime Troupe, among others. Pages slightly age-toned, with light rubbing..... More about THE RADICAL THEATRE NOTEBOOK

NY: 1984-2006. 8vo. Stapled wrps., each 8pp.-36pp. i) 'The Archaeology of Sleep' (1984) by Julian Beck, performed at the Joyce Theatre. Includes texts by Julian Beck and Judith Malina, and "Background On The Living Theatre"; ii) 'The Tablets' (by Armand Schwerner), including two copies of the printed handbill; iii) 'I&I' (by Else Lasker-Schüler); iv) 'Rules of Civility and Decent Behaviour in Company and in Conversation' (by George Washington); v) 'Utopia' (by Hanon Reznikov); vi) 'The Brig' (by Kenneth H. Brown, first performed in 1963). This (slightly creased) copy..... More about A group of 6 Living Theatre programmes

Wrps., perfect bound, 104pp. Ed. Uri Hertz. Includes contributions from Ira Cohen ("In Defense of Julian Beck" + "Julian Beck at Mount Sinai"); Allen Ginsberg ("Living Theatre & Its U.S. Critics"); Jerome Rothenberg ("On the Becks"); Michael McClure ("On Julian Beck/Interview"); Michael Koch's review of two books by Julian Beck; two poems by Beck (from "Living in Volkswagen Buses & Other Songs of the Revolution" [unpublished]); and "Contra Astrologia" by Judith Malina. Also: interviews with Henry Jaglom, Tadeusz Kantor, and Gary Snyder; "Christmas in Ethiopia" and "The Stauffenberg Cycle for Julian Beck in Eternity" by Ira..... More about THIRD RAIL #7 (Los Angeles: 1985/86