Charles Ludlam (April 12, 1943 in Floral Park, New York - May 28, 1987) was an American actor and playwright. April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Floral Park is an incorporated village in Nassau County, New York on Long Island. ... May 28 is the 148th day of the year (149th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Life

Ludlam was raised in Greenlawn, New York, on Long Island, and attended Harborfields High School. He received a degree in dramatic literature from Hofstra University in 1964, by which time he had come out as gay. He joined John Vaccaro's Playhouse of the Ridiculous, and after a falling out, became founder of the Ridiculous Theatrical Company in New York City in 1967. His first plays were inchoate exercises: however, starting with Bluebeard he began to write more structured works, which, though they were pastiches of gothic novels, Shakespeare, Wagner, popular culture, old movies, and anything else that might get a laugh, had more serious import. Theater critic Brendan Gill after seeing one of Ludlam's plays famously remarked, "This isn't farce. This isn't absurd. This is absolutely ridiculous!". Ludlam usually appeared in his plays, and was particularly noted for his female roles. He wrote one of the first plays to deal (though tangentially) with HIV infection; he was diagnosed with AIDS in March 1987. He attempted to fight the disease by putting his life-long interest in health foods and macrobiotic diet to use. He died of PCP pneumonia in St. Vincent's Hospital, New York. The street in front of his theatre in Sheridan Square was renamed "Charles Ludlam Lane" in his honor. Greenlawn is a census-designated place located in Suffolk County, New York. ... Harborfields High School is a four year secondary school located in Greenlawn, New York. ... Hofstra University is a private institution of higher learning located in Hempstead, Long Island, New York (USA) founded in 1935 on the basis of the estate of wealthy lumber magnate William Hofstra and widow Kate Williams Hofstra. ... The Playhouse of the Ridiculous was a New York City theatre presenting works produced and directed by John Vaccaro and Charles Ludlam. ... Nickname: Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1625 Government  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area  - City  468. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Wilhelm Richard Wagner (May 22, 1813 – February 13, 1883) was a German composer, conductor, music theorist, and essayist, primarily known for his operas (or music dramas as he later came to call them). ... Gill wrote for The New Yorker for more than 60 years. ... Species Human immunodeficiency virus 1 Human immunodeficiency virus 2 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS, a condition in humans in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections). ... Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS or Aids) is a collection of symptoms and infections resulting from the specific damage to the immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). ... Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) is a form of pneumonia which is caused by a microorganism called Pneumocystis carinii (It has been proposed that the organism be renamed Pneumocystis jiroveci). ...

Ludlam had taught or staged productions at New York University, Connecticut College for Women, Yale University, and Carnegie Mellon University. He won fellowships from the Guggenheim, Rockefeller and Ford Foundations and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts. He won four Obie Awards, the last one 2 weeks before his death, and won the Rosamund Gilder Award for distinguished achievement in the theater in 1986. New York University (NYU) is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational institution in New York City. ... “Yale” redirects here. ... Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ... The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation funds the Guggenheim Museums. ... The Rockefeller Foundation (RF) is a prominent philanthropic organization based at 420 Fifth Avenue, New York City. ... The Ford Foundation is a charitable foundation based in New York City created to fund programs that promote democracy, reduce poverty, promote international understanding, and advance human achievement. ... The National Endowment for the Arts is a United States federally funded program that offers support and funding for projects that exhibit artistic excellence. ... The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) is an arts council serving the U.S. state of New York. ... The Obie Awards, short for Off-Broadway Theater Awards, are annual awards bestowed by the newspaper The Village Voice on theater artists performing in New York City. ...

His most popular play, and the only one to enter the standard repertory, is The Mystery of Irma Vep, in which two actors manage, through a variety of quick-change techniques, to play seven roles in a send-up of gothic horror novels. The original production featuring Ludlam and his lover Everett Quinton was a tour de force. In order to ensure cross-dressing, rights to perform the play include a stipulation that the actors must be of the same sex. In 1991 Irma Vep was the most produced play in the United States; and in 2003 it became the longest-running play ever produced in Brazil. The Mystery of Irma Vep is a play in three acts by Charles Ludlam. ... This articles is about cross-dressing in general, that is the act of wearing the clothing of another gender for any reason. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Plays (as playwright)

• Big Hotel (1967)
• Conquest of the Universe, or When Queens Collide (1968)
• Turds in Hell, an adaptation of The Satyricon (1969)
• The Grand Tarot (1969)
• Bluebeard, an adaptation of H. G. Wells's The Island of Dr Moreau (1970)
• Eunuchs of the Forbidden City (1971)
• Corn (1972)
• Camille (1973)
• Hot Ice (1974)
• Stage Blood, an adaptation of Hamlet (1975)
• Tabu Tableaux (1975)
• Caprice (1976)
• Jack and the Beanstalk
• Der Ring Gott Farblonjet, an adaptation of The Ring Cycle
• The Ventriloquist's Wife
• Utopia, Incorporated
• The Enchanted Pig
• Elephant Woman
• A Christmas Carol
• Reverse Psychology (1980)
• Love's Tangled Web (1981)
• Secret Lives of the Sexists
• Exquisite Torture
• Le Bourgeois Avant-Garde, an adaptation of Molière's Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
• The Mystery of Irma Vep (1984)
• Salammbo (1985)
• Galas (1983)
• The Artificial Jungle (1986)
• How to Write a Play

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Puppet shows

• Professor Bedlam's Educational Punch and Judy Show
• Anti-Galaxie Nebulae

Plays (as actor)

• The Life, Death and Assumption of Lupe Velez by Ronal Tavel (as The Lesbian)
• The Life of Lady Godiva by Ronal Tavel (as Peeping Tom)
• Indira Gandhi's Daring Device by Ronal Tavel (as Kamaraj)
• Screen Test by Ronal Tavel (as Norma Desmond)
• Hedda Gabler (title role) Pittsburgh (1984)

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Plays (as director)

• Whores of Babylon by Bill Vehr (1968)
• The English Cat by Hans Werner Henze, American premiere, at the Santa Fe Opera in 1985.
• Die Fledermaus at the Santa Fe Opera

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Movies (as actor)

• Lupe (1967)
• Underground and Emigrants
• Imposters (1980)
• Museum of Wax
• Doomed Love (1983)
• The Big Easy (1987)
• Forever, Lulu (1987)
• She Must Be Seeing Things (1988)

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Television (as actor)

• Miami Vice
• Tales from the Dark Side
• Oh, Madeline!

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Sources

• Ludlam, Charles, Ridiculous Theatre: Scourge of Human Folly: The Essays and Opinions of Charles Ludlam, edited by Steven Samuels, 1992. ISBN 1-55936-041-0
• Ludlam, Charles, The Complete Plays of Charles Ludlam, edited by Steven Samuels. ISBN 0-06-055172-0
• Kaufman, David, Ridiculous!: The Theatrical Life and Times of Charles Ludlam, 2002. ISBN 1-55783-588-8
• Roemer, Rick, Charles Ludlam and the Ridiculous Theatrical Company: Critical Analyses of 29 Plays by Rick Roemer, 1998. ISBN 0-7864-0340-3