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Oberon, the faery prince a masque of Prince Henries, 1611

Title: Oberon, the faery prince [videorecording] : a masque of Prince Henries, 1611 / presented by Case Western Reserve University Departments of English, Music, and Theater, and Cleveland State University Departments of English and Theater ; [video] produced and directed by Ed Kling ; executive producer, Ross W. Duffin ; written by Thomas Bishop, Ross W. Duffin, and Ken Pierce ; [performance] produced by Thomas Bishop, Ross W. Duffin, and David Evett ; stage direction by Barrie Rutter ; choreography and dance direction by Ken Pierce ; original music by Alfonso Ferrabosco, Jr. and Robert Johnson ; music direction by David Douglass ; text by Ben Jonson.
Publication: Cleveland, OH : Case Western Reserve University, c1993.

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Description

1 videocassette (98 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

Reconstruction of an English court masque.

Subject

Genre/Form

Dance.
Plays.
Music.
Video.

Credits (note)

Additional music, William Byrd, John Dowland, Robert Jones, and François Caroubel ; music reconstruction, Ross W. Duffin and Peter Holman ; design and technical direction, Eugene Hare after Inigo Jones ; lighting co-design, David A. Capp.

Performer (note)

Hosts: Ross W. Duffin and Thomas Bishop.
(in order of appearance): Members of the court: Agnar Pytte, president, Case Western Reserve University (King James), Catherine Newman (Queen Anne), Amoreena Sorg (king's usher), Julie Andrijeski, Vanessa Bednarik, Penny Casselman, Mary Dolata, Sarah Morrison (courtiers).
(in order of appearance): Members of the masque: Pete Behmke, Deborah Fisher, Robin Lockshine, Duane Noch, Lana Zannoni (satyrs) ; Reuben Silver (Silenus) ; Mark Duer (singer) and Daniel Gangloff (speaker) (sylvan guards) ; Lelani Barrett, Peter Laki, Kent Quade, Quentin Quereau (singing and dancing satyrs) ; Hilary Graham and Natasha Galkina (bears) ; Coeli Ingold and Gail West (singing fays) ; Crys Gee, Seema Haria, Shannon McCullough, Michaelene Maddocks, Elizabeth Myers, Audrey Sniezek (dancing fays) ; Ken Pierce (Oberon, the faery prince) ; Lelani Barrett, Kent Quade, Desmond Tillman (gentlemen masquers) ; Ian Míceál Gallagher (singing fay) ; Paula Bartkowicz (speaker) and Janet Youngdahl (singer) (Phosphorus).
Musicians: CWRU Collegium Musicum, director, Ross W. Duffin: Recorder ensemble: Sarah Weiner (soprano), David Betts (alto), John Anderies (tenor), Kent Quade (bass) ; Cornett and sackbut ensemble: Steven Plank and tim Collins (cornetts), Paul Ferguson (alto sackbut), David Betts and Paul Cary (tenor sackbuts), Tom Stage (bass sackbut) ; Lutenists: David Dolata and Stephen Toombs ; Violin band--Oberon's fancy: Julie Andrijeski and Maia Silberstein (violins), Daniel Elyar and Liisa Piik (violas), Katie Reitman (cello).
Singers: Early Music Singers, director, Beverly Simmons: Nancy Jackson, Betsy Kaufman, Cynthia Taggart, Gail West, Janet Youngdahl (sopranos) ; Beverly Simmons, Julie Volansky, Sarah Weiner (altos) ; Peter Laki, Joseph Rush, Bruce Taggart (tenors) ; Ian Míceál Gallagher and Kent Quade (basses).

Event (note)

Recorded in the Excelsior Ballroom, Thwing Student Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, in March 1993.

Contents

Introduction (ca. 9 min.) / by Ross W. Duffin. Discussion of the political and cultural significance of the masque at the court of King James I. Includes a synopsis of the work.
Oberon, the faery prince (ca. 60 min.) / see cast above.
Afterword (ca. 34 min.) / by Thomas Bishop. Background information about Oberon, the faery prince, including an examination of the sources used in reconstructing the physical setting, designs, dances (among them the coranto, galliard, and branle), and music.
Reaction (ca. 4 min.) / brief commentaries by specialists in the fields of early music, dance, and theater: Peter Walls, Peter Holman, Carol Marsh, Fritz Levy, and Stephen Orgel.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-2197

OCLC

NYPY96-F410

Title

Oberon, the faery prince [videorecording] : a masque of Prince Henries, 1611 / presented by Case Western Reserve University Departments of English, Music, and Theater, and Cleveland State University Departments of English and Theater ; [video] produced and directed by Ed Kling ; executive producer, Ross W. Duffin ; written by Thomas Bishop, Ross W. Duffin, and Ken Pierce ; [performance] produced by Thomas Bishop, Ross W. Duffin, and David Evett ; stage direction by Barrie Rutter ; choreography and dance direction by Ken Pierce ; original music by Alfonso Ferrabosco, Jr. and Robert Johnson ; music direction by David Douglass ; text by Ben Jonson.

Imprint

Cleveland, OH : Case Western Reserve University, c1993.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Performer

Hosts: Ross W. Duffin and Thomas Bishop.

Cast

(in order of appearance): Members of the court: Agnar Pytte, president, Case Western Reserve University (King James), Catherine Newman (Queen Anne), Amoreena Sorg (king's usher), Julie Andrijeski, Vanessa Bednarik, Penny Casselman, Mary Dolata, Sarah Morrison (courtiers).

(in order of appearance): Members of the masque: Pete Behmke, Deborah Fisher, Robin Lockshine, Duane Noch, Lana Zannoni (satyrs) ; Reuben Silver (Silenus) ; Mark Duer (singer) and Daniel Gangloff (speaker) (sylvan guards) ; Lelani Barrett, Peter Laki, Kent Quade, Quentin Quereau (singing and dancing satyrs) ; Hilary Graham and Natasha Galkina (bears) ; Coeli Ingold and Gail West (singing fays) ; Crys Gee, Seema Haria, Shannon McCullough, Michaelene Maddocks, Elizabeth Myers, Audrey Sniezek (dancing fays) ; Ken Pierce (Oberon, the faery prince) ; Lelani Barrett, Kent Quade, Desmond Tillman (gentlemen masquers) ; Ian Míceál Gallagher (singing fay) ; Paula Bartkowicz (speaker) and Janet Youngdahl (singer) (Phosphorus).

Performer

Musicians: CWRU Collegium Musicum, director, Ross W. Duffin: Recorder ensemble: Sarah Weiner (soprano), David Betts (alto), John Anderies (tenor), Kent Quade (bass) ; Cornett and sackbut ensemble: Steven Plank and tim Collins (cornetts), Paul Ferguson (alto sackbut), David Betts and Paul Cary (tenor sackbuts), Tom Stage (bass sackbut) ; Lutenists: David Dolata and Stephen Toombs ; Violin band--Oberon's fancy: Julie Andrijeski and Maia Silberstein (violins), Daniel Elyar and Liisa Piik (violas), Katie Reitman (cello).

Singers: Early Music Singers, director, Beverly Simmons: Nancy Jackson, Betsy Kaufman, Cynthia Taggart, Gail West, Janet Youngdahl (sopranos) ; Beverly Simmons, Julie Volansky, Sarah Weiner (altos) ; Peter Laki, Joseph Rush, Bruce Taggart (tenors) ; Ian Míceál Gallagher and Kent Quade (basses).

Credits

Additional music, William Byrd, John Dowland, Robert Jones, and François Caroubel ; music reconstruction, Ross W. Duffin and Peter Holman ; design and technical direction, Eugene Hare after Inigo Jones ; lighting co-design, David A. Capp.

Event

Recorded in the Excelsior Ballroom, Thwing Student Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, in March 1993.

Local Subject

Masques (Works). Oberon, the faery prince.

Added Author

Pierce, Ken, choreographer. aut, dancer.

Duffin, Ross W. Producer. Host. Conductor

Bishop, Thomas. Author. Commentator

Walls, Peter. Commentator

Holman, Peter, 1946-. Commentator. Arranger

Marsh, Carol G. Commentator

Orgel, Stephen. Commentator

Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637. Author

Ferrabosco, Alfonso, approximately 1575-1628. Composer

Johnson, Robert, approximately 1583-1633. Composer

Jones, Inigo, 1573-1652. Designer

Rutter, Barrie, director.

Douglass, David, 1953- Conductor

Hare, Eugene. Designer

Cap, David A.

Evett, David. Producer

Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623. Composer

Dowland, John, 1563?-1626. Composer

Jones, Robert, active 1597-1615. Composer

Kling, Ed. Producer. Director

Case Western Reserve University.

Cleveland State University.

DHCA.

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-2197

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