The University of Chicago Library > The Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center > Finding Aids > Preliminary Inventory to the The Second City Recording 1961
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| Title: | Second City, The. Recording |
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| Dates: | 1961 |
| Accession Number: | 2019-254 |
| Size: | 2 linear feet (1 box) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | The Second City is a comedy club, theatre, and school. The collection contains an LP with a live recording of a performance at The Second City Theatre in Chicago on January 19, 1961. |
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When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Second City, The. Recording, Acc #, Box #, Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
The Second City is a comedy club, theatre, and school. Founded as a cabaret theatre in 1959 in Chicago, Second City is known for improv and sketch comedy.
The collection contains an LP with a live recording of a performance at The Second City Theatre in Chicago on January 19, 1961. The recording includes a sketch on the Great Books program among others. The cast on the recording includes actor Alan Arkin.
| Box 1 | Comedy from The Second City LP, 1961 |