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Oh! Calcutta!: An Entertainment with Music
by Tynan, Kenneth (devised by)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Madison, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1969. First Edition, Second Printing (stated on copyright page). Hardcover. Octavo. 8-1/4 x 5-3/4 inches. 190 pp. Near Fine / Near Fine. Publisher's black cloth over board. Spine stamped in metallic blue. White endpapers. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs from the original New York production. Unclipped first issue dust jacket with Clovis Trouille painting reproduced on front panel. Shows $5.00 and GP-603 on front flap. Black cloth clean and un-worn. Stamping to spine bright and unrubbed. Tips sharp. Binding tight with slight lean. Endpapers clean and bright. Text block unmarked and clean throughout. Dustjacket has slight edge curling and a tiny, closed corner tear at heel. Dust jacket now in protective archival sleeve.
The avant-garde "entertainment with music," devised by British drama critic Kenneth Tynan and directed by Jacques Levy, consisted of sketches provided by Julian Barry, Samuel Beckett, Jules Feiffer, Dan Greenburg, John Lennon, Pat McCormick, Leonard Melfi, David Newman & Robert Benton, Edna O'Brien, Sam Shepard, and Sherman Yellen, as well as Tynan and Levy. Music and lyrics were by The Open Window (Peter Schickele, Robert Dennis, Stanley Walden). The theatrical revue was controversial due to erotic content and extended scenes of full male and female nudity. The title of the production was taken from a painting by French surrealist painter Clovis Trouille, used on the billboard for the show. The phrase, "Oh! Calcutta! Calcutta!," is seen on the painting and employs a phonetic French pun, "Oh! Quel cul t'as!," loosely translated as "Oh! What a lovely ass you have!"
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- Bookseller
- Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0000088
- Title
- Oh! Calcutta!
- Author
- Tynan, Kenneth (devised by)
- Format/Binding
- Publisher’s black cloth over board
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Second Printing (stated)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grove Press, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1969
- Pages
- 190
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Performing Arts, Erotic, Theatre, Nude
- Bookseller catalogs
- Performing Arts;
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Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
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Madison, Indiana
About Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
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