“On bended knee I beg you to return this. I lost eight others already and if I lose this I’ll just drop dead!” These are Marlon Brando’s words inscribed on the flyleaf of his address book, which was later dropped on the stage of the Barrymore Theatre in New York… read more
Theatre + Performing Arts
Ronald McDonald swims to Cambodia: A first glimpse at Spalding Gray’s notebooks
During the initial staff inspection of Spalding Gray’s papers at the Ransom Center some weeks ago, when each shipping carton was opened and its contents checked for condition, I passed my hands over multiple audio tapes, notebooks, and other documents marked with the single word “Swimming.” It had been around… read more
Ransom Center acquires Spalding Gray archive
The Ransom Center has acquired the archive of writer and actor Spalding Gray (1941–2004). Spanning more than 40 years, the archive traces the author’s career since the late 1970s, when Gray helped define a new era in theater where public and private life became an indivisible part of each new… read more