Oh! Calcutta! : an entertainment with music / [devised by Kenneth Tynan ; contributors: Julian Barry, [and 14 others]] ; directed by Jacques Levy.
| Author/creator | Tynan, Kenneth |
| Other author | Levy, Jacques, 1935-2004. |
| Other author | Barry, Julian. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Grove Press, ©1969. |
| Description | 190 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Prologue -- Taking off the robe -- Dick and Jane -- Suite for five letters -- Jack and Jill -- Delicious indignities -- Was it good for you too? -- Much too soon -- One on one -- Rock garden -- Who : Whom -- Four in hand -- Coming together, going together -- Plays not in final production. Bang, bang, you're almost dead ; I'll shoot your dog if you don't ; St. Dominic's, 1917 ; Bath ; The empress' new clothes ; Love is a merry, splendid thing. |
| Abstract | "Some time ago," said the British drama critic Kenneth Tynan in an article in the Village Voice, "it occurred to me that there was no place for a civilized man to take a civilized woman to spend an evening of civilized erotic stimulation. At one end, there's burlesque, at the other, an expensive night club, but no place in between. We're trying to fill that gap with this show." In Oh! Calcutta! Mr. Tynan has assembled a group of sketches which deal with almost every conceivable erotic fantasy and sexual reality that Western man has dreamt up or experienced. The distinguished roster of authors includes Samuell Beckett, Edna O'Brien, Jules Feiffer, Leonard Melfi, John Lennon, and, not to be outdone, Kenneth Tynan himself. The title of this revue, which is taken from the title of a painting by the French surrealist painter Clovis Trouille, contains a phonetic French pun: "Oh! Quelle --- t'as!" Or, freely translated: "Oh! What a lovely --- you have!" |
| General note | An Evergreen black cat book B-266. |
| Access restriction | Explicit nudity, language, and sexual content. Inappropriate for persons under 18 years of age. |
| Genre/form | Erotic drama. |
| LCCN | 78082940 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | PR6070.Y6 O4 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |