Radical Theatre Repertory 1968-69
New York: Radical Theatre Repertory, Inc., 1968-69. First Edition.
Scarce booklet introducing the short-lived Radical Theatre Repertory, a New York-based cooperative booking agency for experimental theatre troupes.
The group championed radical, experimental theatre as an alternative to commercial theatre. It assisted theatre groups in finding outlets for their performances and also organized some tours, especially the Living Theatre tour of 1968-69.
Despite its important work on behalf of experimental theatre, the Radical Theatre Repertory ran only until 1970. The Universal Movement Theatre Repertory took over many of its functions.
The booklet features profiles and black-and-white photographs of the various groups: Living Theatre; Firehouse Theatre, Open Theatre, The Performance Group, Daytop Theatre Company, Om Theatre Workshop of Boston, Pageant Players, Gut Theatre, Concept East: New York, Drama Group of Mobilization for Youth, Theatre Black, Black Troupe, Playhouse of the Ridiculous, Caravan Theatre, Bread and Puppet Theatre, El Teatro Campesino, and the San Francisco Mime Group.
This booklet is scarce. OCLC shows only a few institutional holdings: NYU, Northwestern, and the Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (France). A separate search turns up a copy at Harvard.
Further reading: See the interview with the main organizers of the Radical Theatre Repertory, Oda Jurges and Saul Gottlieb, in The Drama Review: TDR, Vol. 13, No. 4, Politics and Performance (Summer, 1969), pp. 80-88.
PHYSICAL DETAILS: Oblong Small Quarto (10.125 x 7 inches; 256 x 177 mm), 28 pages, in stapled, photo-illustrated wrappers (soft cover).
CONDITION: A few small creases to the wrappers, light toning to page edges, old address on contents page marked out and replaced with a stamped new address. Easily Very Good or better. Item #3087
Price: $225.00