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Kreemah Ritz collection of Cockettes records
1996-37
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Title: Kreemah Ritz collection of Cockettes records
Dates: 1970-1976
Collection Number: 1996-37
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Extent: 1 linear foot
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: The Cockettes were a (mostly) gay male gender queer theater troupe that performed in San Francisco in the early 1970s. The
collection includes audiovisual recordings and other material.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item]. Kreemah Ritz collection of Cockettes records. Collection Number: 1996-37. GLBT Historical Society
Scope and Content of Collection
The Cockettes were a (mostly) gay male gender queer theater troupe that performed in San Francisco in the early 1970s. This
collection consists of one VHS videotape compilation of the three Cockettes shows that were filmed: Palace (1970, black &
white, 30 minutes), Elevator Girls in Bondage (1971, color, 59 minutes), and Tricia's Wedding (1971, color, 32 minutes). Also
included are three audio cassette tapes, two for Cockettes shows Follies du Cockettes and Pearls Over Shanghai, and one radio
interview in 1976. There is also a copy of the libretto for the final New York City performance of "Pearls Over Shanghai"
on November 26, 1971; and two articles from French periodicals: "Comediens de la provocation leur theatre ici ne fait plus
scandale," "Californie c'est la folie!" (from "Paris Match"). GSSO linked terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008194;
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_001443; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_004301; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_004300
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