Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Aron, Geraldine, 1941-
2. Curzon, Daniel
3. Dominic, Magie, 1944-
4. Donner, Claire
5. Edwards, Mark R
6. Fricke, Aaron
7. Glines, John
8. Goldstein, Ezra, 1948-
9. Harris, Walter Michael, 1951-
10. Hart-Browne, Harry, 1952-
11. Houck, William R., Jr
12. Koch, Blaise
13. Lotman, Loretta
14. MacLean, Ross
15. Milstein, Mark
16. Renault, Mary
17. Wilson, Doric, 1939-2011
18. Caffe Cino
19. La Mama Experimental Theatre Club

Description

1. 22 linear ft. (42 boxes)

Summary

1. While the papers of Robert Patrick span several decades, the majority of the collection was created from 1975-1979.

Subject

1. Patrick, Robert, 1937-
2. Off Off-Broadway theater
3. Gay theater

Genre/Form

1. Scripts.
2. Production materials.
3. Musical texts.

Call number

1. *T-Mss 1978-006

Note

1. Sound recordings separated to the Rodgers and Hammerstein archive of Recorded Sound, New York Public Library.

Access (note)

1. Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Biography (note)

1. Robert Patrick, a founding father of the off-off Broadway scene and major contributor to the growth of gay theater, was born Robert Patrick O'Connor on August 27, 1937 in Kilgore, Texas.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.

Author

1. Patrick, Robert, 1937-

Title

1. Robert Patrick papers, circa 1940-1984.

Restricted access

1. Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Biography

1. Robert Patrick, a founding father of the off-off Broadway scene and major contributor to the growth of gay theater, was born Robert Patrick O'Connor on August 27, 1937 in Kilgore, Texas. He came to New York City in 1961, and was soon presenting his work at Caffe Cino, a coffee house that was also a pioneering off-off Broadway theater. Patrick's first play, The Haunted Host, proved to be a breakthrough in gay theater. Over the next ten years his plays were produced over 130 times in a variety of underground theaters (like La Mama and the Old Reliable Theatre Tavern). In 1973 Patrick was nominated for a record five Obies. The same year, the Clark Center mounted the first production of Kennedy's Children. In 1974 this play began a two-week run at the King's Head Pub Theatre in Islington, England which was extended several times and eventually moved to a theater in London's West End. International productions quickly followed, including one on Broadway at the Golden Theatre. Throughout the 1970s and into 1980s Patrick continued to write at a feverish pace, while simultaneously traveling to see his works produced. He often gave guest lectures, directed, or in other ways personally helped with productions around the world.
2. From 1979 to 1982 Patrick wrote a regular column about off-off Broadway for the theatrical paper Other Stages. In 1990 he directed his last play in New York, Hello, Bob, about his experiences with Kennedy's Children. Patrick settled in California in 1993. In 1994 he published Temple Slave about the origins of off-off Broadway. Patrick received the Robert Chesley Award for Lifetime Achievement in Gay Theatre in 1997. He continues to write and is living in Los Angeles.

Indexes

1. Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre Division Special Collections material
2. Finding Aid

Occupation

1. Dramatists.

Added author

1. Aron, Geraldine, 1941-
2. Curzon, Daniel.
3. Dominic, Magie, 1944-
4. Donner, Claire.
5. Edwards, Mark R.
6. Fricke, Aaron.
7. Glines, John.
8. Goldstein, Ezra, 1948-
9. Harris, Walter Michael, 1951-
10. Hart-Browne, Harry, 1952-
11. Houck, William R., Jr.
12. Koch, Blaise.
13. Lotman, Loretta.
14. MacLean, Ross.
15. Milstein, Mark.
16. Patrick, Robert, 1937- Haunted host.
17. Patrick, Robert, 1937- Kennedy's children.
18. Patrick, Robert, 1937- My cup ranneth over.
19. Patrick, Robert, 1937- T-shirts.
20. Renault, Mary.
21. Wilson, Doric, 1939-2011.
22. Wilson, Doric, 1939-2011. Forever after.
23. Caffe Cino.
24. La Mama Experimental Theatre Club.

Research call number

1. *T-Mss 1978-006