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Dirty Blonde (play with an archivist character)



I had the good fortune to see "Dirty Blonde", a play about Mae West.  One of
the characters is a film archivist at the New York Public Library.  The
character is shy and socially awkward, and a wonderful person.  Some scenes
take place in the archives' reading room.

The playwright (Claudia Schear) used archival sources in creating the play,
and the program thanks a number of repositories "for their patience and
enthusiasm."

The play is a hoot. If you have a chance, see it at the New York Theatre
Workshop, 79 East 4th Street, NYC.


WARNING: This play is about sex.  It is replete with double entendres and
"vulgar" language.  It is extremely suitable for teenagers.



Alan Ginsberg
Archivist
Bolling Medical Library
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
New York, New York

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