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Start Over Collection Collection of Cabaret Theatre Club and Cave of the Golden Calf printed ephemera, 1912-1914 Repository Yale University -Yale Center for British Art

Collection of Cabaret Theatre Club and Cave of the Golden Calf printed ephemera, 1912-1914 .42 Linear Feet

Cabaret Theatre Club (London, England)
The collection comprises 11 items of printed ephemera concerning the Cabaret Theatre Club and the Cave of the Golden Calf. The items include: a preliminary prospectus (April, 1912); a general program (May, 1912); a prospectus for the second season (September, 1912); a preliminary announcement of the performance season of the Intimate Theatre Society (late 1912?); a program for June 17, 1913, featuring a performance of Bastien und Bastienne; membership application forms for the Cabaret Theatre Club and the Intimate Theatre Society, along with a form for requesting the membership application form (1912 or 1913); and three printed envelopes, addressed to Robert Bevan, the last of which may be from the Rebel Art Centre.
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Envelope from the Cabaret Theatre Club, addressed to Robert Bevan, 1912 April Box 1, Folder 2

The top third of the envelope bears an illustration, by Wyndham Lewis, showing dancers and a calf, above the words "Cabaret Theatre Club." The envelope may have been used to mail the club's Preliminary Prospectus (see f. 1).

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Membership application form for the Cabaret Theatre Club, 1912-1913 Box 1, Folder 8

The form briefly notes obligations of applicant members (regulations, dues). It includes blanks for the applicant's signature, name in full, address, description ("state other clubs"), date, proposed by, and seconded by. With administrative blanks at top for applicant no., register no., and dates received/elected.

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Membership application forms for the Cabaret Theatre Club and the Intimate Theatre Society, 1912-1913 Box 1, Folder 9

Comprises two forms (each 13 x 15 cm), joined by a perforated edge. The top form is for application to the Cabaret Theatre Club; the bottom form for application to the Intimate Theatre Society. The forms are identical, aside from the names of the Club/Society. For each, the address is 9, Heddon Street, Regent Street, W.

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Preliminary announcement of the performance season of the Intimate Theatre Society, late 1912? Box 1, Folder 6

The announcement is headed Wyndham Lewis's Cave of the Calf three-headed figure (Michel no. 34), above the words "Cabaret Theatre Club." The design is flanked by the words "Intimate" and "Theatre," printed vertically.

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Program for June 17, 1913: Bastien und Bastienne, 1913 June Box 1, Folder 7

Text (top to bottom): "Tuesday, 17 June 1913, 8.30 p.m. Bastien und Bastienne. One act opera by Mozart--Parody by Katherine Mansfield. Princess Redfeather. Eve Balfour. Mona Limerick. Frank Harris. Cabaret. Gertrude Rolffs, Eric Hiller, Anton Dressler, Lilian Shelley. José de Moreas. Mona Limerick. 11.30 p.m. Anniversary supper."

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