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Curator's noteMart Crowley's 1968 off Broadway hit "The Boys in the Band" was the first American play to focus without apology on the lives of gay characters - in this case a circle of Greenwich Village men. The comedy of manners was filmed by William Friedkin in 1970. This ad for the film's presentation in Saskatoon is one of the first advertisements concerning homosexuality to appear in Saskatchewan.
Title The Boys in the Band.
Dates 23 October 1970
Physical extent1 newspaper advertisement : b&w ; 20 x 15 cm
RepositoryUniversity of Saskatchewan Archives
Fonds/collectionUniversity of Saskatchewan Publications Collections
Publication creditsThe Sheaf (University of Saskatchewan student newspaper) (publisher)
Retrieval informationThe Sheaf-23 October 1970 page 10
NamesParamount Theatre
Database ID 24982
 
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