Research Catalog

Title

Jackie's testimony [videorecording] : Dealy diamond ritual. [Feb. 15, 1968] / [directed by Jerome Robbins].

Publication

1968.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Robbins, Jerome.
• Frey, Leonard, 1938-
• Primus, Barry, 1938-
• Guare, John.
• Stone, Tom.
• American Theatre Laboratory (New York, N.Y.)

Description

1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (48 min.) : sd., b&w; 1/2 in.

Summary

A rehearsal of a scene from an untitled work in progress, in which the character of Jacqueline Kennedy gives testimony about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy before the Warren Commission.

Series Statement

Jerome Robbins Collection

Alternative Title

American Theatre Laboratory rehearsal.

Subjects

• Drama
• Theater rehearsals
• Experimental theater > New York (State) > New York
• Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994 > Drama
• Kennedy, John F (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 > Assassination > Drama

Genre/Form

Drama.

Note

• Title from original container.
• No time/date code on frame.

Access (note)

• Permission required.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in American Theatre Laboratory rehearsal, in New York City, on Feb. 15, 1968.

Funding (note)

• Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biography (note)

• American Theatre Laboratory was created in 1966 by Jerome Robbins, with a $300,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The experimental theater workshop rehearsed several projects but did not produce any shows. Robbins directed all sessions of the American Theater Laboratory. One project took the assassination of President John F. Kennedy as a subject. The script, begun by Tom Stone and further developed by John Guare, was adapted from the Warren Commission Report, and the staging was influenced by Japanese Noh drama. Scenes from this project were rehearsed in many different forms and with different casts. American Theatre Laboratory disbanded in 1968.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6113 JRC

OCLC

NYPT03-F186

Title

Jackie's testimony [videorecording] : Dealy diamond ritual. [Feb. 15, 1968] / [directed by Jerome Robbins].

Imprint

1968.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Jerome Robbins Collection

Restricted Access

Permission required.

Performer

Rehearsed by members of the American Theatre Laboratory, including Leonard Frey (Jackie) and Barry Primus (Rankin).

Event

Videotaped in American Theatre Laboratory rehearsal, in New York City, on Feb. 15, 1968.

Funding

Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biography

American Theatre Laboratory was created in 1966 by Jerome Robbins, with a $300,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The experimental theater workshop rehearsed several projects but did not produce any shows. Robbins directed all sessions of the American Theater Laboratory. One project took the assassination of President John F. Kennedy as a subject. The script, begun by Tom Stone and further developed by John Guare, was adapted from the Warren Commission Report, and the staging was influenced by Japanese Noh drama. Scenes from this project were rehearsed in many different forms and with different casts. American Theatre Laboratory disbanded in 1968.

Added Author

Robbins, Jerome. Director

Frey, Leonard, 1938- Performer

Primus, Barry, 1938- Performer

Guare, John. Author

Stone, Tom. Author

American Theatre Laboratory (New York, N.Y.)

Other Title

American Theatre Laboratory rehearsal.

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6113 JRC