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51st state (television program).

Title
51st state (television program). The life and times of Joseph Stalin in rehearsal [videorecording] / WNET-13.
Publication
New York, 1973.

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Additional Authors
  • Wilson, Robert, 1941-
  • Anson, Robert Sam, 1945-
  • Colgan, Mick
  • Gottfried, Martin
  • WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Description
1 videodisc (DVD) (8 min.) : sd., b&w; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Robert Sam Anson introduces film segment about Robert Wilson's The life and times of Joseph Stalin. Wilson describes the play and explains that his work is primarily visual. He discusses why the play takes place for 12 hours, and how this is the first time he has used language and words in addition to movement. Martin Gottfried (theater critic) comments on the production, and describes Wilson as "an artist and a genius."
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of the Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation.
Series Statement
Robert Wilson Audio/Visual Collection
Alternative Title
  • Life and times of Joseph Stalin
  • Fifty-first state
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Interviews.
  • Documentaries and factual works.
  • Television.
Note
  • Donor's inventory number: Uncoded 83.
Access (note)
  • Restricted to qualified researchers.
Credits (note)
  • Announcer, Robert Sam Anson ; directed by Mick Colgan.
Event (note)
  • Broadcast during the week of December 17-21, 1973, on WNET, Channel 13, New York.
Call Number
NCOX 3006
OCLC
NYPG04-F513
Title
51st state (television program). The life and times of Joseph Stalin in rehearsal [videorecording] / WNET-13.
Imprint
New York, 1973.
Country of Producing Entity
United States.
Series
Robert Wilson Audio/Visual Collection
Access
Restricted to qualified researchers.
Credits
Announcer, Robert Sam Anson ; directed by Mick Colgan.
Event
Broadcast during the week of December 17-21, 1973, on WNET, Channel 13, New York.
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Local Subject
Theater -- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Added Author
Wilson, Robert, 1941- interviewee.
Anson, Robert Sam, 1945- host.
Colgan, Mick, director.
Gottfried, Martin, commentator.
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Research Call Number
NCOX 3006
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