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Title

Pork [typescript].

Author

Warhol, Andy, 1928-1987.

Publication

[N.p., ca. 1971]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Berlin, Brigid.
• Cherry Vanilla.
• County, Jayne.
• Gale, Ira.
• Ingrassia, Anthony, 1944- .
• Zanetta, Tony.
• La Mama Experimental Theatre Club.
• Roundhouse Theatre.

Description

66 pages; 22 cm

Subject

• Counterculture > New York (State) > New York > Drama
• Experimental theater > New York (State) > New York > Sources
• Man-woman relationships > New York (State) > New York > Drama
• Men > Sexual behavior > 20th century > Drama
• Socialites > New York (State) > New York > Drama
• Women > Sexual behavior > 20th century > Drama

Note

• Carbon typescript of two-act play, staple-bound and housed in an orange clip-folder.
• Typed on rectos only.
• Act I: p. 1-21, 21b, 22-28; Act II: p. 1-37).
• The play opened at La Mama Experimental Theatre Club in New York City on May 5, 1971, and ran for two weeks before moving to the Roundhouse Theatre in London, where it ran from August 2 to August 28, 1971.
• Produced by Ira Gale; directed by Anthony Ingrassia; cast included Wayne County (who in 1980 changed her name to Jayne ​County​) as Vulva, Tony Zanetta as B. Marlowe, and Cherry Vanilla as Amanda Pork.
• Pork was based on tape-recorded telephone conversations between Andy Warhol and Brigid Berlin about her family's private life. According to Gary Comenas’s Andy Warhol Chronology website, Brigid’s mother, “Honey Berlin, a Fifth Avenue socialite who included the Duke of Windsor amongst her close friends, was livid when she found out about the play by reading a review of it in the New York Times. Brigid angrily called Andy and told him, ‘You’re nothing but a fucking faggot! You don't care about anyone but yourself! And your goddamn fucking fame! And your fucking Factory! And your fucking money!’”
• The play was an important counter-cultural event, and would help shape the evolution of the glam, glitter, and punk rock movements. The London production had a transforming influence on David Bowie’s visual style and stage presentation.
• Jayne County (b. 1947), born as Wayne Rogers, was rock music’s first transsexual singer. She influenced many counterculture, punk, and glam musicians, including David Bowie, The Ramones, Patti Smith, Pete Burns, and Lou Reed.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Call Number

Berg Coll m.b. Warhol P67 1971

OCLC

909398874

Author

Warhol, Andy, 1928-1987. Author

Title

Pork [typescript].

Imprint

[N.p., ca. 1971]

Local Note

Berg Collection copy formerly owned by Ira Gale, and with occasional penned holograph emendations, presumably in his hand; given by Gale to theater critic Clive Hirschhorn.

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Added Author

Berlin, Brigid.

Cherry Vanilla. Performer

County, Jayne. Performer

Gale, Ira. Producer

Ingrassia, Anthony, 1944- . dir

Zanetta, Tony. Performer

La Mama Experimental Theatre Club.

Roundhouse Theatre.

Gale, Ira. Former owner

Hirschhorn, Clive. Former owner

Research Call Number

Berg Coll m.b. Warhol P67 1971