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Discovering the Mahabharata an evening with Jean-Claude Carrière and Peter Brook; Works & Process at the Guggenheim

Title
Discovering the Mahabharata [electronic resource] : an evening with Jean-Claude Carrière and Peter Brook; Works & Process at the Guggenheim / performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson ; performance series co-producer, Tom Roush ; video produced by Catherine Tatge and Dominique Lasseur ; video directed by Catherine Tatge.
Publication
1987.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Carrière, Jean-Claude, 1931-2021
  • Carrière, Jean-Claude, 1931-2021.
  • Brook, Peter, 1925-2022
  • Myers, Bruce
  • Langdon Lloyd, Robert
  • Stahly, Antonin
  • Sarabhai, Mallika
  • Cronson, Mary Sharp
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Description
1 streaming video file (29 min.) : sd., col.
Summary
Excerpts from The Mahabharata are interspersed with commentary by Jean-Claude Carrière and Peter Brook, who discuss the origins, history and meaning of the Indian classic on which the play was based.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Works & Process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.
Series Statement
Works & Process at the Guggenheim Collection ; 017
Uniform Title
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Alternative Title
Mahābhārata.
Subject
Mahābhārata
Genre/Form
  • Plays.
  • Video.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video file online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
  • The Mahabharata : a play, based upon the Indian classic epic by Jean-Claude Carrière; translated from the French and directed by Peter Brook.
Event (note)
  • Recorded as part of the Works & Process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Oct. 8, 1987.
Funding (note)
  • With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center, The City University of New York digitized and authored the DVDs of the video archive of Works & Process at the Guggenheim.
Call Number
*MGZIDF 2852
OCLC
NYPG06-F637
Title
Discovering the Mahabharata [electronic resource] : an evening with Jean-Claude Carrière and Peter Brook; Works & Process at the Guggenheim / performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson ; performance series co-producer, Tom Roush ; video produced by Catherine Tatge and Dominique Lasseur ; video directed by Catherine Tatge.
Imprint
1987.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Works & Process at the Guggenheim Collection ; 017
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Credits
The Mahabharata : a play, based upon the Indian classic epic by Jean-Claude Carrière; translated from the French and directed by Peter Brook.
Performer
Speakers: Peter Brook and Jean-Claude Carrière. Excerpts from The Mahabharata performed by Robert Langdon Lloyd, Bruce Myers, Mallika Sarabhai, Antonin Stahly.
Event
Recorded as part of the Works & Process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Oct. 8, 1987.
Funding
With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center, The City University of New York digitized and authored the DVDs of the video archive of Works & Process at the Guggenheim.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Local Note
Former call number: *MGZIDVD 5-1017.
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Added Author
Carrière, Jean-Claude, 1931-2021, author.
Carrière, Jean-Claude, 1931-2021, speaker.
Carrière, Jean-Claude, 1931-2021. A la recherche du Mahabharata. English.
Brook, Peter, 1925-2022, director.
Brook, Peter, 1925-2022, speaker.
Myers, Bruce, performer.
Langdon Lloyd, Robert, performer.
Stahly, Antonin, performer.
Sarabhai, Mallika, performer.
Cronson, Mary Sharp, producer.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Added Title
Mahābhārata.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 2852
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