Tynan Kenneth Devised (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Illustrated with photographs. Fine in fine dustwrapper with slight age-toning and tiny stains at the bottom corners. Controversial musical ensemble which was performed mostly in the nude. Authors who contributed skits to the show include Tynan, Samuel Beckett, Sam Shepard, John Lennon, Jules Feiffer, Edna O'Brien, Dan Greenburg, Julian Barry, and several others. A lovely copy, and scarce in this condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover; 8vo; 190 pages. One of the first American stage production featuring a naked cast. Black cloth hardcovers with metallic blue titles on spine. Sunned edges. Crisp, bright, and tightly-bound pages with numerous photographs. In an illustrated jacket. Lightly faded overall, intact but for a 1" tear to the front top-edge. Newly wrapped in a mylar jacket. VG+/VG-. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition, stated second printing. Octavo. 8-1/4 x 5-3/4 inches. 190 pp. Publisher's original black cloth-covered boards. 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. Interior unmarked and clean. Dustjacket has slight edge curling and a tiny, closed corner tear at heel. Dust jacket now in protective archival cover. 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!".

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Illustrated with photographs. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Controversial musical ensemble which was performed mostly in the nude. Authors who contributed skits to the show include Tynan, Samuel Beckett, Sam Shepard, John Lennon, Jules Feiffer, Edna O'Brien, Dan Greenburg, Julian Barry, and several others. A lovely copy, and scarce in this condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Controversial musical ensemble which was performed mostly in the nude. Authors who contributed skits to the show include Tynan, Samuel Beckett, Sam Shepard, John Lennon, Jules Feiffer, Edna O'Brien, Dan Greenburg, Julian Barry, and several others. illustrated with photographs. A lovely copy, and scarce in this condition.