| LC control no. | n 85005866 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PS3562.U258 |
| Personal name heading | Ludlam, Charles |
| See also | Founded corporate body of person: Ridiculous Theatrical Company |
| Other standard no. | 0000 0000 6646 2794 4998346 Q1065376 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Greenwich Village (New York, N.Y.) |
| Birth date | 1943-04-12 |
| Death date | 1987-05-28 |
| Place of birth | Northport (N.Y.) |
| Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Off Off-Broadway theater Theater--New York (State)--New York (N.Y.) Experimental theater Theatre of the ridiculous |
| Profession or occupation | Playwrights Actors Theatrical director Theatrical producer |
| Found in | Davis, J.L. Charles Ludlam and the Ridiculous Theatrical Company, 1984. His Stage blood, c1979: t.p. (Charles Ludlam) p. 4 of cover (died 5-28-87 at age 44) His Ridiculous theatre, 1992: CIP t.p. (Charles Ludlam) data sheet (b. 4/12/43) New York times archive, viewed 25 Feb. 2023: in an obituary published 29 May 1987 on the front page (Charles Ludlam; born on April 12, 1943 and raised in Northport, Long Island, died [28 May 1987 in New York City], aged 44; one of the most prolific and flamboyant artists in the theater avant-garde, who seemed to be on the verge of breaking into the mainstream of American culture, died of pneumonia early yesterday. Ludlam was 44 years old and had been suffering from AIDS; for two decades, since establishing the Ridiculous Theatrical Company in 1967, Mr. Ludlam recalled the 19th century theater entrepreneur, producing and directing the plays he wrote and starring in them (often in female as well as male roles) with a company that returned season after season) |
| Associated language | eng |
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