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The CIVIL warS : a tree is best measured when it is down.
- Title
- The CIVIL warS : a tree is best measured when it is down. Tokyo workshop[--footage] [videorecording].
- Publication
- Japan, [1983]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Moving image | Restricted use | NCOX 3020 | Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT |
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- Description
- 1 videodisc (DVD) (54 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- The CIVIL warS was conceived as a world-wide theater piece to be presented in conjunction with the Olympic games in Los Angeles in 1984. This appears to be unedited news footage of Robert Wilson and actors during a Tokyo workshop for the CIVIL warS. Robert Wilson and actors are first shown rehearsing. Wilson is then interviewed about the CIVIL warS. Two actors, one of whom appears to be Hideo Kanze, are then interviewed, followed by more workshop footage.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of the Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation.
- Series Statement
- Robert Wilson Audio/Visual Collection
- Alternative Title
- Civil wars. Tokyo section
- Civil wars. Japan section
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- News – Television.
- Unedited footage.
- Note
- Donor's inventory numbers: CWJ 01, MP16-037.
- Access (note)
- Restricted to qualified researchers.
- Event (note)
- Recorded by NHK in Japan during a workshop for the CIVIL warS, Tokyo section, probably between April and May, 1983. Byrd Hoffman records also note a Tokyo workshop for February, 1984.
- Language (note)
- Robert Wilson speaks in English. Actors and newscaster speak in Japanese.
- Call Number
- NCOX 3020
- OCLC
- NYPG05-F10566
- Title
- The CIVIL warS : a tree is best measured when it is down. Tokyo workshop[--footage] [videorecording].
- Imprint
- Japan, [1983]
- Country of Producing Entity
- Japan.
- Series
- Robert Wilson Audio/Visual Collection
- Access
- Restricted to qualified researchers.
- Performer
- Robert Wilson, Hideo Kanze.
- Event
- Recorded by NHK in Japan during a workshop for the CIVIL warS, Tokyo section, probably between April and May, 1983. Byrd Hoffman records also note a Tokyo workshop for February, 1984.
- Language
- Robert Wilson speaks in English. Actors and newscaster speak in Japanese.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Wilson, Robert, 1941- Civil wars.Wilson, Robert, 1941- director.Wilson, Robert, 1941- interviewee.Kanze, Hideo, 1927- actor.Kanze, Hideo, 1927- interviewee.Nihon Hōsō Kyōkai.
- Research Call Number
- NCOX 3020