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Correspondence - Louis Bako [textual record]

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Date:

1963-1971 ; March 5, 2010.

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R5005-6-8-E

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Item ID number:

3995718

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John Hirsch fonds

Correspondence

Correspondence - Louis Bako
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Sub-series includes:

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Date(s):

1963-1971 ; March 5, 2010.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

0.1 m of textual record

Language of material:

English

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Records in this sub-series relate to John Hirsch's personal correspondence with Louis Bako. Types of records include letters and postcards sent by John Hirsch to Louis Bako either during trips to Europe and to the United States or from Stratford, Ontario, where he had been appointed artistic director in 1967. Louis Bako was working at the Manitoba Theatre Centre during the 1960s where Hirsch had been artistic director (1958-1967). Other letters were sent by Hirsch during the production of plays at other renowned venues such as the Vivian Beaumont Theatre at the Lincoln Center in New York City.

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Bako, Louis Czaba

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Hirsch, John, 1930-1989

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Bako, Louis Czaba : Painter, sculptor, printmaker and designer, Louis Czaba Bako was born in 1943. The Bako family left Hungary in 1956 and came to Winnipeg from England in 1958. Louis Bako studied fine arts at the University of Manitoba. He had a solo show at L'Apogee Galerie D'Art Contemporain in 1969 and participated in an exhibition of batik-like oils and ink works with sculptor David Sorenson at Musée d'Arts Contemporain, Montreal in 1970. Involved in theatre since the early 1960s, Bako worked backstage with the Manitoba Theatre Centre and was a student at the National Theatre School. He designed the sets for the ballet, Tommy, which premiered in Place des Arts, Montreal on Oct. 16, 1970, and also exhibited paintings and sculpture at the Manitoba Theatre Centre in 1971 that accompanied the futuristic satire called Little Murders.

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MSS1040

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Manitoba Theatre Centre

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Volume [R5005] 84

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