Series name | Ram Gopal: 1950s |
Description | In 1957, Ram Gopal published his autobiography; ‘Rhythm in the Heavens – The autobiography of Ram Gopal’. The digitised extracts feature selected images from the book, and the following chapters: ‘The Prologue’, chapter one – ‘ I saw a God Dance’, chapter four – ‘First American Tour’, chapter nine – ‘London’, chapter fifteen – ‘My Troupe and My Work’ and chapter seventeen – ‘Dance of Siva’. ‘Rhythm in the Heavens’ was published by Secker and Warburg Limited, London. |
Date of Creation / Publication | 1957 |
Creator | Gopal, Ram |
Associated Person/ Organisation | |
Location | London |
Collection and Reference Number | Ram Gopal Collection (GB 2661 RGL) |
Catalogue Number | RGL/DEC/1950/6 |
Copyright | The Creator and/ or associated person or organisation where applicable |
Access to originals | The originals are located with Ann David, academic researcher and friend of Ram Gopal, and with Pam Cullen, Executor of the Ram Gopal Estate. |
Series notes | This section features digitised extracts from books, including selected chapters from Ram Gopal's autobiography, as well as photographs and performance programmes. |
Collection notes | The digitised material in the Ram Gopal Collection dates back to 1938 and includes black and white as well as colour photographs, several flyers and extracts from books including Ram Gopal's autobiography. The items also include newspaper articles, images of dance costumes, slides, advertisements and performance programmes. |