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Ronald Tavel

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Screenwriter, actor, and director (1936-2009)

United StatesWritersLived 1936 to 2009 · aged 72
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Ronald Tavel was an American gay screenwriter, director, novelist, poet and actor, best known for his work with Andy Warhol and The Factory and the Theatre of the Ridiculous. Tavel was the founder, with the director John Vaccaro, of the Playhouse of the Ridiculous.

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Ronald Tavel was an American gay screenwriter, director, novelist, poet and actor, best known for his work with Andy Warhol and The Factory and the Theatre of the Ridiculous. Tavel was the founder, with the director John Vaccaro, of the Playhouse of the Ridiculous. He received the Obie Award for Outstanding Contribution to Theater in 1969 for the musical drama Boy On the Straight-Back Chair. He also wrote a novel about the pederastic experiences of an expatriate in Tangier, Morocco, called Street of Stairs published by Olympia Press in 1968.

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United States
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Lived 1936 to 2009 · aged 72
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