Research Catalog

Title

Dealy ritual. [Feb. 25, 1968] [videorecording] / [directed by Jerome Robbins].

Publication

1968.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

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

Description

1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (10 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.

Series Statement

Jerome Robbins Collection

Alternative Title

American Theatre Laboratory rehearsal.

Subjects

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

Genre/Form

• Drama.
• Video.

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. 25, 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 4-6118 JRC

OCLC

NYPT03-F192

Title

Dealy ritual. [Feb. 25, 1968] [videorecording] / [directed by Jerome Robbins].

Imprint

1968.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Jerome Robbins Collection

Restricted Access

Permission required.

Performer

Rehearsed by Leonard Frey (Jackie), James Mitchell (Rankin).

Event

Videotaped in American Theatre Laboratory rehearsal, in New York City, on Feb. 25, 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

Frey, Leonard, 1938- Performer

Mitchell, James. Performer

Guare, John. Author

Stone, Tom. Author

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

Other Title

American Theatre Laboratory rehearsal.

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6118 JRC