Billy The Kid: His Life in Music plays AE Harris Theatre in Birmingham (0121 236 2273) on September 12, Shopfront Theatre in Coventry (024 7615 8340) on September 13, Boars Head in Kidderminster (01562 861870) on September 14 and Bedworth Arts Centre (024 7664 3255) on September 15.
They are reverse images, and the
Billy the Kid tintype led to the mistaken belief that the Kid was a "lefty".
DENVER, Colorado: Notorious Wild West gunslinger
Billy the Kid paid 25 cents to have his photograph taken outside a New Mexico saloon in late 1880 or early 1881.
"There's only one photo of
Billy the Kid and I think that's why it captivates people's imagination," she said.
Marks believes his great aunt's half-brother Madoc, apparently a direct descendant of his princely namesake, was the son of a man whose family was part of Jesse James' gang, and that his own great-grandfather was half-brother of
Billy the Kid.
But get him talking, as first-time director Jennifer Venditti did in her debut documentary "
Billy the Kid", and this gangly 15-year-old from rural Maine reveals a startling sensitivity to the world and a sad wisdom about his place in it.
"Outlaw Ballads, legends & Lore (NGB-500, $5.95) showcases authentic ballads, stories, insults, frontier etiquette, art, poetry, wisdom, and tall tales in celebration of such legendary bad men as Sam Bass, Jesse James,
Billy the Kid, Cole Younger, John Hardy, and more.
During his 24-year tenure, Reid appeared in more than 90 ballets and over 140 roles, including leads in Don Quixote, Giselle, Limon's The Moor's Pavane, and Loring's
Billy the Kid. Reid also helped to develop Choreographer's Showcase, an annual workshop that allows Louisville dancers to set their own choreography on their peers.
A French homage to the American Old West that comes at a lime when it is unusual to see much Gallic enthusiasm expressed for the cowboy mentality, "Requiem for
Billy the Kid" advances a curious parallel between the famous outlaw and the contemporaneous poet Arthur Rimbaud.
Ten-Gallon Bart by Susan Stevens Crummel (076145246X, $16.95) tells of the weary sheriff of Dog City who plans retirement until he hears
Billy the Kid goat is headed for town.
DON'S A MIX between
Billy the Kid, Captain Jack Sparrow, and Bruce Leroy all rolled into one.