The article presents information on the life and career of playwright and director of the Ridiculous Theatrical Co., Charles Ludlam of U.S.. It states that Ludlam began his theatrical career in the mid-1960 in New York when he joined the Play-House of the Ridiculous, a company formed by John Vaccaro and Ronald Tavel. Later he broke from Vaccaro and formed his own troop staging his own follow-up script for film "Big Hotel."