Research Catalog

Title

Jackie's testimony [videorecording] : ritual version C. [Feb. 20, 1968] / [directed by Jerome Robbins].

Publication

1968.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

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

Description

1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (33 min.) : sd., b&w; 1/2 in.

Summary

Jerome Robbins directs 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. Robbins also performs choreography and dialogue, sometimes in unison with Frey. In this version of the scene, lines are chanted rather than spoken.

Series Statement

Jerome Robbins Collection

Alternative Title

American Theatre Laboratory rehearsal.

Subjects

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

Genre/Form

Drama.

Note

• Poor sound quality.
• No time/date code on frame.
• Title from original container.
• Note on tape: "Choreography with Frey and J.R. using some of lyric quality from choral work".

Access (note)

• Permission required.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in American Theatre Laboratory rehearsal, in New York City, on Feb. 20, 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. 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 4-6115 JRC

OCLC

NYPT03-F189

Title

Jackie's testimony [videorecording] : ritual version C. [Feb. 20, 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 Jerome Robbins.

Event

Videotaped in American Theatre Laboratory rehearsal, in New York City, on Feb. 20, 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. 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.

Robbins, Jerome, performer.

Frey, Leonard, 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 4-6115 JRC