Research Catalog

Title

Jackie's testimony with tea ceremony. [Feb. 26, 1968] [videorecording]

Publication

1968.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

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

Description

1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (14 min.) : sd., b&w; 1/2 in.

Summary

Members of the American Theatre Laboratory rehearse an excerpt from the scene called Jackie's testimony, from an untitled work in progress, in which the character of Jacqueline Kennedy gives testimony to the Warren Commission. In this version, the performers recite the script in unison while acting out the Japanese tea ceremony in pantomime (without props).

Series Statement

Jerome Robbins Collection

Alternative Title

American Theatre Laboratory workshop

Subjects

• Kennedy, John F (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 > Assassination > Drama
• Experimental theater > New York (State) > New York
• Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994 > Drama
• Video
• Theater rehearsals
• 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 workshop, in New York City, on Feb. 26, 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. Scenes from this project were rehearsed in many different forms and with different casts. The staging of some versions was influenced by Japanese Noh drama. Jerome Robbins directed all sessions of the American Theatre Laboratory, which disbanded in 1968.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6273 JRC

OCLC

NYPT03-F306

Title

Jackie's testimony with tea ceremony. [Feb. 26, 1968] [videorecording]

Imprint

1968.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Jerome Robbins Collection

Restricted Access

Permission required.

Performer

Performed by members of the American Theatre Laboratory, including Leonard Frey and James Preston.

Event

Videotaped in American Theatre Laboratory workshop, in New York City, on Feb. 26, 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. Scenes from this project were rehearsed in many different forms and with different casts. The staging of some versions was influenced by Japanese Noh drama. Jerome Robbins directed all sessions of the American Theatre Laboratory, which disbanded in 1968.

Added Author

Robbins, Jerome. Director

Frey, Leonard, 1938- Performer

Preston, J. A. Performer

Guare, John. Author

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

Other Title

American Theatre Laboratory workshop

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6273 JRC