Gertrude Stein & Alice B Toklas
In
our queer history it is probably Gertrude Stein and Oscar Wilde who
have inspired the most works by others
over the years. Along with Stein's own readings, and those of Alice,
here are just a few of those creations.
Gertrude
Stein - Gertrude Stein Reads from Her Works (recorded 1934-35, LP
1956)
Alice B Toklas - Readings (LP 1960)
In Circles (musical, LP 1968)
Gertrude Stein's First Reader (musical, LP 1969)
Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein - by Pat Carroll (stage
play, LP 1980)
Gerty Gerty Gerty Is Back Back Back - by Pat Bond (PBS video, 1981)
Loving Repeating - (musical, CD 2007)
Plus,
a handful of songs by gay & lesbian artists:
from "Faggot," 1973, "Ordinary
Things," Gertrude & Alice are characters in this musical;
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Phranc - "Gertrude
Stein" ("Positively Phranc," 1991)
Jess Hawk Oakenstar - "Dear
Gertrude Stein" ("Leave a Little Light Behind,"
1995)
Butchies - "Gertrude
+ Stein" ("Population 1975," 1999)
Janell Rock - "Gertrude
& Steins" ("Quiet Thrill," 2003)
Chuck Coleman - "Me
and Gertrude Stein" ("People, Places, and Flings,"
2003)
Plus,
in the 1930's Virgil Thomson (1896 - 1989) composed two operas with
libretti by Gertrude Stein
Gertrude
& Alice Readings
Gertrude
Stein Reads from Her Works, (1956, 18:53)
Alice
B Toklas - Readings, (1960, 40:16)
In
Circles, 1968
Al
Carmines, who later brought us the very first recorded "gay musical,"
"Faggot," set music to words by Gertrude Stein, with his
show "In Circles," 1968
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Gertrude
Stein's First Reader, 1969
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Pat
Carroll, 1980
Pat
Carroll - short clip from the recording, Act I
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to view 1979 Playbill
Pat
Bond
(1925 - 1990)
Wrote
and starred in several of her own production, including "Gerty
Gerty Gerty Stein Is Back Back Back,"
which was filmed as a PBS documentary, airing in 1981. She is well-known
by fans of
the film "Word Is Out," as the WAC who was kicked out of
the service.
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Loving
Repeating, 2007
Listen
to Track 1
( note: this track is
not typical as much of the show is singing )
