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The epic family epic

Title: The epic family epic [electronic resource].
Publication: 1988.

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Description

2 streaming video files (NTSC) (87 min.) : sd., col.

Summary

SUMMARY: Experimental theater work presented in American Sign Language and spoken English "as equal methods of communication within the theatrical framework." Created in collaboration with Hands On, a producer of performances for the deaf and hearing-impaired.

Uniform Title

Epic family epic (Choreographic work : Gordon, A)

Alternative Title

The family of Hell

Subjects

Genre/Form

Video.
Dance.

Note

Reel 1: approx. 40 min. Reel 2: approx. 47 min.

Access (note)

Patrons can access streaming video files online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Credits (note)

Written and directed by Ain Gordon. Lighting: Roma Flowers.

Performer (note)

Cast (in order of appearance): David Vaughan (narrator), Cathy Markland (interpreter #1), Nina Howes (the eldest and deadest relative), Claude Shirts (interpreter #2), Candace Brecker and Meg Sewell (the split twins), Leslie Daniels (Cousin Estelle, Stella, Ella, etc.), Bill Moody (Aunt Blah, etc.), Chuck Coggins (Uncle [Cough], etc.), Gayle Tufts (Aunt Tess, Tessie, Essie, etc.), Carole Addabbo and Penny Boyer (the Siamese twins), Valda Setterfield (the split twins' mother).

Event (note)

Videotaped in performance by Video D Studios at the Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, on Dec. 3, 1988. Presented by Dance Theater Workshop's Economy Tires Theater Winter Events 1988-1989.

Funding (note)

This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System Details (note)

Streaming video.

Call Number

*MGZIDF 2637

OCLC

NYPY936034886-F

Title

The epic family epic [electronic resource].

Imprint

1988.

Country of Producing Entity

United States.

Event

Videotaped in performance by Video D Studios at the Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, on Dec. 3, 1988. Presented by Dance Theater Workshop's Economy Tires Theater Winter Events 1988-1989.

Credits

Written and directed by Ain Gordon. Lighting: Roma Flowers.

Cast

Cast (in order of appearance): David Vaughan (narrator), Cathy Markland (interpreter #1), Nina Howes (the eldest and deadest relative), Claude Shirts (interpreter #2), Candace Brecker and Meg Sewell (the split twins), Leslie Daniels (Cousin Estelle, Stella, Ella, etc.), Bill Moody (Aunt Blah, etc.), Chuck Coggins (Uncle [Cough], etc.), Gayle Tufts (Aunt Tess, Tessie, Essie, etc.), Carole Addabbo and Penny Boyer (the Siamese twins), Valda Setterfield (the split twins' mother).

Funding

This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System Details

Streaming video.

Restricted Access

Patrons can access streaming video files online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Local Note

Former classmark: *MGZIC 9-3690, *MGZIDVD 5-2642.

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Local Subject

Sign-interpreted performances.

Added Author

Sewell, Meg. Performer

Brecker, Candace. Performer

Boyer, Penny. Performer

Moody, Bill. Performer

Vaughan, David, 1924- Narrator

Coggins, Chuck. Performer

Markland, Cathy. Performer

Tufts, Gayle. Performer

Daniels, Leslie Brett. Performer

Addabbo, Carole. Performer

Howes, Nina. Performer

Shirts, Claude. Performer

Setterfield, Valda. Performer

Gordon, Ain. Author

Gordon, Ain. Director

Flowers, Roma. Lighting designer

Video D Studios.

Dance Theater Workshop.

Hands On (Organization)

Added Title

Epic family epic (Choreographic work : Gordon, A)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDF 2637

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