Research Catalog

Title

[Jackie's testimony as a trial. Dec. 14, 1967] [videorecording].

Publication

1967.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Robbins, Jerome
• Frey, Leonard, 1938-
• Bartenieff, George.
• Costello, Mariclare.
• Tristan, Dorothy, 1934-
• Guare, John.
• Stone, Tom.
• American Theatre Laboratory (New York, N.Y.)

Description

1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (35 min.) : sd., b&w; 1/2 in.

Summary

The tape begins with an improvisational exercise in which Mariclare Costello acts as a puppet controlled by Dorothy Tristan. A discussion with members of American Theatre Laboratory and author Tom Stone follows; sound is muffled and voices are difficult to hear. The actors rehearse a version of a scene called Jackie's testimony, from an untitled work in progress, in which the character of Jacqueline Kennedy gives testimony before the Warren Commission. A second version of the scene follows, in which the same three actors perform the dialogue while other members of American Theatre Laboratory improvise riding on a train.

Series Statement

Jerome Robbins Collection

Alternative Title

American Theatre Laboratory rehearsal.

Subjects

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

Genre/Form

Drama.

Note

• Title supplied by cataloger. Contents from original container.
• Very poor picture quality.
• No time/date code on frame.

Access (note)

• Permission required.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in American Theatre Laboratory rehearsal, in New York City, on Dec. 14, 1967.

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.

Contents

Puppet: Costello, Master: Tristan -- Discussion of Kennedy theories with Tom Stone -- Jackie's testimony as a trial -- Continue with scenic R.R.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6410 JRC

OCLC

NYPT03-F423

Title

[Jackie's testimony as a trial. Dec. 14, 1967] [videorecording].

Imprint

1967.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Jerome Robbins Collection

Restricted Access

Permission required.

Performer

Rehearsed by Mariclare Costello (Jackie), Leonard Frey (Rankin), George Bartenieff (Recording).

Event

Videotaped in American Theatre Laboratory rehearsal, in New York City, on Dec. 14, 1967.

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

Bartenieff, George. Performer

Costello, Mariclare. Performer

Tristan, Dorothy, 1934- Performer

Guare, John. Author

Stone, Tom. Author

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

Other Title

American Theatre Laboratory rehearsal.

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6410 JRC