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Spalding Gray Museum

Collected by John Boland

To call my collection a Museum is cheeky at best. However, the purpose of my collection is to preserve Spalding material, and to give it to the Spalding Gray Archives at the University of Texas or his children if either want it .
Hence the name Museum - soon to be changed to Archives with complete list of their holdings.

BOOKS & MAGAZINES

  1. Contemporary Literary Criticism, Ed. Marowski,D et Pollock, S, Gale Research Inc., 1988
    - p.145-153 – literary articles about the works of Spalding
    - discard reference book from Notre Dame
    - Mint
  2. My First Car , James Lecesne, and Marion Long
    - Spalding is interviewed for this book – 2 pages, not previously published in GQ, similar but not the same as monologue in Sex and Death
    - VG+
  3. The Face, No. 83, March 1987
    - Memory Man – short, but good article/interview
    - Fair
  4. Playbills
    - Monster in a Box - Good condition
    - Gray’s Anatomy - VG
    - Our Town - VG
    - Morning, Noon and Night – VG+
    - The Best Man – SIGNED by cast including Spalding - Mint
  5. Best Man - Handbill
  6. Sex and Death to the Age 14 (nicknamed SAD)
    - First edition - never read - SIGNED
    - Mint
  7. Signed Mobil from the The Daily Show, circa 1997, pre John Stewart, Craig Kilborn days
    - Picture used in the show, has heads of Yanni, Dennis Rodman, Spalding superimposed on bodies of Hindu Holy Men
    - Good condition (one crease), SIGNED by Spalding
    - Very likely one of a kind
  8. Alive, the New York Performance Magazine, Nov./Dec. 1982
    - Cover Article ‘Spalding Gray: Talk of the Downtown’
    - Very early interview with Spalding talking about the earliest monologues such as Rumstick Road
    - Includes early family picture – the only one I’ve seen
    - VG
  9. Monster in a Box, Ad Sheet for theatre use, columns 4", 3 1/2", 3', 2 1/2", 2 1/4", 1 7/8", 1 3/4", 1 5/8"
    - Mint
  10. Theatre Week, Dec.20, 1993.
    - Review of Gray’s Anatomy, stage show at Lincoln Center
    - Fair
  11. GQ, April 1988
    - Radio Daze – one page story by Spalding (with wonderful pic)
    - VG
  12. GQ, Oct, 2003
    - ‘Man Overboard’ – interview with Spalding, Kathie, pics
    - VG
  13. Playboy, Nov. 1968
    - One pic with Spalding in background
    - Mint
  14. Orchards, 1986
    - 7 stories by Anton Chekhov, and the 7 plays they inspire (except Spalding writes a monologue…)
    - New
  15. In Search of the Monkey Girl, 1982
    - Randall Levenson, Spalding Gray
    - PB and HC, Mint
  16. Homespun, Tales from America’s Favorite Storytellers, 1988
    - Edited by Jimmy Smith
    - Includes excerpts from Terrors of Pleasure
  17. Morning, Noon and Night, 1999
    - PB and HC, both New, First Editions
  18. Swimming to Cambodia, 1985
    - first edition, SIGNED
    - good condition
  19. Swimming to Cambodia, the Collected Works of Spalding Gray, 1985
    - first British Publication, includes Sex and Death
    - VG
  20. Swimming to Cambodia, new edition, February 2005
    - Signed by Paula Court, photographer of Front Cover picture
    - Mint, unread
  21. Impossible Vacation, 1992
    - PB and HC, both New
  22. Monster in a Box, 1992
    - PB, New, SIGNED
  23. Gray’s Anatomy, 1994
    - PB, VG
  24. It’s a Slippery Slope, 1997
    - PB, VG
  25. It’s a Slippery Slope, 1997
    - Uncorrected Proof/Not for Sale - New
  26. Show People, Fall 2002, Premiere Issue
    - interview of Billy Joel by Spalding
    - Mint
  27. A Simple Life, Edited by Tom Morgan, 2001
    - articles on the Dalai Lama, including Complete interview of Dalai Lama by Spalding
    - HC, New
  28. NEW YORK, Feb.2, 2004
    - Cover Article, ‘Searching for Spalding’
    - New
  29. Life Changing Stories of Coming of Age
    - Edited by Thomas Dyja
    - Excerpt from SAD (Sex and Death)
  30. Breaking the Rules The Wooster Group - by David Savran
    - Theater Communications Group, NYC, 1988
    - history of The Wooster Group
    - with lots of info about Spalding
    - New
  31. The Grit Restaurant Cookbook - by Jessica Greene and Ted Hafer
    - Spalding is quoted about one of his favorite recipes
    - New
  32. Extreme Exposure An Anthology of Solo Performance Texts from the Twentieth Century - Edited by Jo Bonney
    - Good condition
  33. PLAYS & players
    - February 1986
    - Mint, Rare
  34. Monologues in the making by Tish Dace
  35. HIGH PERFORMANCE # 34, Volume 9, # 2, 1986
    - Mint, Rare
  36. The New York Times Magazine, May 17, 1992, Section 6
    -Front Cover, Gray's Anatomy
    -Mint, Rare
  37. BENZENE, Special Double Issue, Rituals
    - Spring/Summer 1982, Nos. 5/6
    - Fair Condition, Very Rare
  38. Spalding Gray's America by William Demastes
    - signed by author - Mint
  39. PAJ - A Journal of Performance and Art, Jan. 2008, Volume XXX No.1
    Includes Spalding Gray's Last Interview by Teresa Smalec
    - SIGNED by author, Fine
  40. Theatre Week - Dec. 3, 1990 - Spalding Gray's Monster Comes Out of It's Box
    - Mint

CDs, VHS, DVDs, CASSETTES

BOOTS: (I do not generally support Spalding boots except these were only available that way)

  1. All episodes of The Nanny with Spalding on DVD
  2. Spencer for Hire – only episode that had Spalding on DVD
  3. Farmer’s Daughters - ADULT XXX – VHS – poor quality video looks like it was video taped from 16 mm screening – don’t buy this as available new– also very bad film…
  4. Terrors of Pleasure - Audio Literature Live - casette tape - Rare
  5. The 20th Century: Yesterday's Tomorrows The (1999)
  6. Short History of American Theatre, 1985, Twin Cities PBS, Walker Art Center

ORIGINALS

  1. Our Town, 1989
    - original PBS Great Performances on VHS
    - New – very rare
  2. King of the Hill (Soderbergh)
    - only available on VHS
    - Sealed
  3. Brother’s Keeper (10th Anniversary Edition)
    - this DVD version includes Theatrical Trailer by Spalding
    - mint
  4. Stars and Bars
    - available on VHS only
    - video store box only – I'm looking for video in orginal box – any condition
  5. How High
    - DVD
    - mint
  6. Glory Daze
    - DVD (awful movie except small part by Spud!)
    - mint
  7. Coming Soon
    - DVD sealed
    - VHS - mint
  8. Monster in a Box
    - Two Cassettes – box only in fair condition (also if there were liner notes they are missing)
    - CD – Gang of Seven (rare)
  9. Monster in a Box
    - VHS
    - mint
  10. Swimming to Cambodia
    - VHS
    - mint
    Laser Disc - 1987, New, Sealed
    - Front Cover is a picture only available on this Laser Disc
  11. Morning, Noon, and Night
    - two cassettes – Sealed
  12. True Stories
    - DVD (read on a web site somewhere that this was Spud’s first film – LOL)
  13. Gray’s Anatomy
    - DVD
    - mint
  14. Bad Company
    - DVD (bad film!)
    - mint
  15. Ilsa, harem keeper of the Oil Sheiks
    - DVD – SPALDING IS NOT IN THIS MOVIE !!!
    - this movie is HORRIBLE
  16. The Killing Fields
    - VHS
    - mint
  17. It’s a Slippery Slope
    - CD – Gang of Seven (Rare)
    - new (sealed)
  18. Bliss (excellent film – adult orientation)
    - DVD
    - VHS (Sealed)
  19. Twenty Bucks
    - VHS
    - Fair, in original box
  20. Imprint, TV Ontario
    - VHS – approx. 15 minute interview with Spalding
    - very rare
  21. Revolution # 9
    - Directed by Tim McCann
    - On VHS - good condition
    - and DVD (DVD has special features) - SEALED
  22. First Words - Gang of Seven CD
    - exerpt from Monster in a Box - Mint
  23. Blue Man Group CD, The Complex
    - Spalding has a background vocal on cut 5, Your Attention
    - reports are that his voice comes out of the left speaker, but I was unable to distinguish it
  24. Terrors of Pleasure
    - CD - Mint
    - Cassette - Rare - Mint
  25. Mercury Records 'Biography, Spalding Gray' (like a Resume circa 1997)
    - Mint

POSTERS & PHOTOS

  1. Gray’s Anatomy
    - 11 x 17, laminated
    - Mint
  2. Love In ‘72
    - 27 x 40
    - Original movie theatre poster
    - very rare, VG
  3. IPA
    - photo copyrighted Paula Court
    - laminated, Mint
  4. Photo by unknown photographer
    - from _________ monologue
    - Mint
  5. Monster In A Box – The Movie
    - Mercury Cinema movie poster
    - 8 ½ x 11 ½
    - Mint
  6. Monster In A Box
    - a monologue by Spalding Gray
    - reading by Mark Mobley Saturday May 7th, 2005
    - SIGNED by Mark Mobley, numbered limited edition, #12 of 35
    - Mint
  7. Impossible Vacation Book Poster
    - Mint, SIGNED
  8. Gray's Anatomy
    - 8 x 10
    -laminated, Mint
  9. Photo from unknown monologue
    - by Derek Ridgero (query last name)
    - Mint
  10. Publicity photo from Gray's Anatomy
    - photographer unknown
    - Malofilm Distribution
    - Mint
  11. Original ad for Morning, Noon and Night
    - Friday November 5 (no year)
    - Massey Hall, Toronto
  12. Original movie poster - Gray's Anatomy
    - Mint
  13. Promotional fan from Swimming to Cambodia, performed at Uno Festival by Shawn Watson,
    Victoria, BC - signed by Shawn Watson