May 26, 2010, Filed Under: Digital Collections, Theatre + Performing ArtsWeb exhibition explores costume designs for stage and screen by B. J. Simmons & Co. The web exhibition A Tonic to the Imagination: Costume Designs for Stage and Screen by B. J. Simmons & Co., which highlights the work of the British theatrical costumier company from 1889 to 1959, is now live on the Ransom Center’s website. Founded in 1857, Simmons & Co. dominated costume… read more
April 29, 2010, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Theatre + Performing ArtsA conversation with playwright Kenneth Brown Playwright Kenneth Brown, whose archive resides at the Ransom Center, introduces a screening of the documentary film Another Glorious Day tonight at 7 p.m. at the Ransom Center. The film explores the history, context, and performances of the Living Theatre’s European tour of his play, The Brig (1963). A question… read more
March 11, 2010, Filed Under: Theatre + Performing ArtsJohn Cage Uncaged John Cage pushed classical music’s limits. He stuck screws and weather stripping into pianos, composed a silent piece, and chose notes at random based on ancient Chinese divination. The Ransom Center holds Cage correspondence in several different collections. These letters reveal Cage’s early efforts to establish a center for experimental… read more
