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Inventory of the Robin Gibson and Luis Veiga Living Theatre Collection
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Creator:
Gibson, Robin
Veiga, Luis
Title: Robin Gibson and Luis Veiga Living Theatre Collection
Date (inclusive): 1974-1975
Extent:
1.2 linear feet
Abstract: Robin Gibson and Luis Veiga were professional photographers and former members of
the Living Theatre who left the company in 1975 to join a Pittsburgh group, Direct Action Theater. The
Living Theatre was founded in New York City in 1947 by Julian Beck and Judith Malina. The collection
contains Gibson and Veiga's photographs, scripts, and ephemera relating to the Living Theatre's
Pittsburgh premiere production of
The Money Tower. Also included are their photographs of
the Living Theatre's Pittsburgh productions of
Turning the Earth and
Seven
Meditations on Political Sado-Masochism.
Physical location: Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as
many are stored offsite.
Repository:
University of California, Davis. General Library. Department of
Special Collections.
Davis, California 95616-5292
Collection number: D-146
Language of Material: Collection materials in English.
Robin Gibson and Luis Veiga were professional photographers and former members of The Living Theatre.
Veiga, a Brazilian photographer, first connected with the Living Theatre in Brazil and joined the
theatre in Vermont in 1974 during the creation of the play,
The Money Tower. Gibson, a
professional photographer from Pittsburgh, contributed photographs to textbooks. Both Gibson and Veiga
left the Living Theatre in 1975 to join a Pittsburgh group, Direct Action Theater.
Gibson and Veiga's photographs, scripts, and ephemera relating to the Living Theatre's Pittsburgh
premiere production of
The Money Tower. Also included are photographs of the Living
Theatre's Pittsburgh productions of
Turning the Earth and
Seven Meditations on
Political Sado-Masochism.
The Collection is arranged into three series: 1. Scripts and Background Research, 2. Promotional
Materials, and 3. Photographs of Productions.
D-138 James Spicer and Morris Ploscowe Collection
D-187 Living Theatre Archives
D-189 Karl Bissinger Papers
D-191 Gianfranco Mantegna Papers
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online
public access catalog.
Gibson, Robin--Archives
Veiga, Luis--Archives
Malina, Judith, 1926-
Beck, Julian, 1925-1985
Living Theatre (New York, N.Y.)
Experimental theater
Theater--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Stage photography
Collection is open for research.
Acquired from James Spicer in 1976.
Sara Gunasekara processed this collection and created and encoded this finding aid.
[Identification of item], Robin Gibson and Luis Veiga Living Theatre Collection, D-146, Department of
Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis.
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University of California, Davis as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or
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