Research Catalog

Title

Sound and movemement exploration [videorecording] : Jackie's testimony. [Jan. 8, 1968] / directed by Jerome Robbins.

Publication

1968.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Robbins, Jerome.
• Guare, John.
• Stone, Tom.
• Monte, Barbara.
• Bartenieff, George.
• Frey, Leonard, 1938-
• Tristan, Dorothy, 1934-
• Fields, Robert.
• Primus, Barry, 1938-
• American Theatre Laboratory (New York, N.Y.)

Description

1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (45 min.) : sd., b&w; 1/2 in.

Summary

Members of the American Theatre Laboratory perform an exercise in which they improvise movements inspired by the script of the scene known as Jackie's testimony, in which the character of Jacqueline Kennedy gives testimony to Rankin, head of the Warren Commission. The exercises are followed by discussion with other American Theatre Laboratory members. The exercise is intended to explore the connection between sound and movement.

Series Statement

Jerome Robbins Collection

Alternative Title

American Theatre Laboratory workshop.

Subjects

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

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 workshop, in New York City, on Jan. 8, 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. Jerome Robbins directed all sessions. 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.

Contents

Exercise #1: Monte (Jackie), Bartenieff (Rankin) -- Exercise #2: Tristan (Jackie), Frey (Rankin) -- Exercise #3: Fields (Jackie), Primus (Rankin).

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6259 JRC

OCLC

NYPT03-F276

Title

Sound and movemement exploration [videorecording] : Jackie's testimony. [Jan. 8, 1968] / directed by Jerome Robbins.

Imprint

1968.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Jerome Robbins Collection

Restricted Access

Permission required.

Performer

Performed by Barbara Monte, George Bartenieff, Dorothy Tristan, Leonard Frey, Robert Fields, Barry Primus.

Event

Videotaped in American Theatre Laboratory workshop, in New York City, on Jan. 8, 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. Jerome Robbins directed all sessions. 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

Guare, John. Author

Stone, Tom. Author

Monte, Barbara. Performer

Bartenieff, George. Performer

Frey, Leonard, 1938- Performer

Tristan, Dorothy, 1934- Performer

Fields, Robert. Performer

Primus, Barry, 1938- Performer

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

Other Title

American Theatre Laboratory workshop.

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6259 JRC