Carlos Among the Candles
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58077091
Item data
Title
Carlos Among the Candles
Collection
Names
Caffe Cino (Event place)
Cino, Joe, 1931-1967 (Presenter)
Burgess, Ken (Kenneth Emerson), 1935-1989 (Artist)
Stevens, Wallace, 1879-1955 (Author)
Date / Origin
Place: 31 Cornelia Street, Greenwich Village, New York, N.Y.
Date Created: 1966
Library Location
Billy Rose Theatre Division
Shelf locator: *T-Vim 2011-300
Subjects
Experimental theater -- New York (State) -- New York
Gay theater
Off Off-Broadway theater
Theater -- New York (State) -- New York
Stevens, Wallace, 1879-1955. Carlos among the candles
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Abstract
Caffe Cino, a coffee house at 31 Cornelia Street in New York City's Greenwich Village, was at the center of the nascent Off Off-Broadway movement. Founded by Joe Cino in 1958, the Cino staged hundreds of plays, poetry readings, and musical revues. It closed in 1968, a year after the death of Joe Cino. Twenty-six oversized posters for productions at the Caffe Cino; many designed by Ken Burgess, but others by the playwrights themselves. Includes mixed media works of collage using pieces of glass, photos, paper cut-outs, newsprint, stickers, paint and aluminum foil. Productions represented include plays by Soren Agenoux, Diane Di Prima, Tom Eyen, Robert Heide, H.M. Koutoukas, David Starkweather and Lanford Wilson, among others.
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Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b19427354
Archives ID: 24236
Archives EAD ID: 3219704
Archives Components ID: 1574143
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a7572d60-5f9c-0139-66e7-0242ac110002
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MLA format
Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Carlos Among the Candles" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1966. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a7572d60-5f9c-0139-66e7-0242ac110002
APA format
Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. (1966). Carlos Among the Candles Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a7572d60-5f9c-0139-66e7-0242ac110002
Chicago/Turabian Format
Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Carlos Among the Candles" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 12, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a7572d60-5f9c-0139-66e7-0242ac110002
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