Research Catalog

Title

The owl answers [sound recording] : sound effect cues / by Adrienne Kennedy.

Author

Kennedy, Adrienne.

Publication

1969.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Freedman, Gerald.
• New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater. dnr

Found In

New York Shakespeare Festival records, 1954-1992.

Description

2 sound tape reels : analog, 15 ips, mono.; 10 in.

Summary

Tapes contain the music and sound effect cues used for the NYSF production of The owl answers, a one-act play from the larger work Cities in Bezique.

Uniform Title

Cities in Bezique. Owl answers

Alternative Title

• Cities in Bezique. Owl answers
• New York Shakespeare Festival recordings collection.

Subjects

• African American authors
• Theater > Production and direction > New York (State) > New York
• Sounds

Note

• "Owl-A; 15 ips; heads out; 1969; cue sheets inside"--Container (Reel 1)
• "Owl-B; 15 ips; heads out; 1969"--Container (Reel 2)
• "0485; tails in"--Tape (Reel 1)
• "Weston woods, intermaster; 15 ips NAB curve; full track monaural; Recorded at Stereo Sound Studios, 238 East 26th St., N. Y. C. 10, N. Y., Engineer: Jerrry [sic] Newman, A. E. S.; job 156706, PBP #109A; 25:15; T. B. 2/17/64"--Tape (Reel 2)
• On container spines, reel 1: NYSFest. Owl answers deck A. 1-2-69; reel 2: NYSFest. Owl answers deck B. 1-2-69.
• "In The Owl Answers She who is Clara Passmore, sits in a subway car that is also the Tower of London and a Harlem hotel room. She is visited by William Shakespreare, Anne Boleyn, her father, the reverend who adopted her, and others as she moves fluidly through time place and identity to discover herself. " --Public Theater website.
• Notes (8 p. cue sheets) available in *LT-10 10643 (Reel 1)
• Notes (1 p. cue sheet) available in *LT-10 10643 (Reel 2)
• NYSF inventory no., reel 1: 0538; reel 2: 0539.
• Credits and production information taken from the book: New York Shakespeare Festival, the people and the plays.
• Separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival records; for papers, see the Billy Rose Theatre Collection, *T-Mss 1993-028; for sheet music and scores, see the Music Division, JPB 04-03.

Access (note)

• Access to original items restricted.

Credits (note)

• Gerald Freeman, director.

Event (note)

• Recorded on Jan. 2, 1969.

Additional Formats (note)

• Service compact disc (1 sound disc : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.) available in *LDC 48177.

Source (note)

• The New York Shakespeare Festival and Gail Merrifield Papp;

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of: New York Shakespeare Festival recordings collection.

Contents

• Reel 1 (Deck A). 1 Cast change announcement (0:20) -- 1 Subway train moving ; Stop ; Door slam (1:07) -- 2A Door slam (0:04) -- 3 Subway train stop ; door slam (0:05) -- 3B Subway train passing w/ screech (0:17) -- 4 Subway stop ; door slam (0:05) -- 5 Subway train passing w/ screech (0:16) -- 6A-6 Bird wing flapping (0:18) -- 7A Subway train stop ; door slam (0:06) -- 7C Subway train passing w/ screech (0:17) -- 8 Bird wing flapping (0:19) -- 9 Orchestra music (2:55) -- 10A Subway train stop ; door slam (0:05) -- 10C Bird flapping (0:36) -- 11 Orchestra music (2:06) -- 15 Subway train stop ; door slam (0:05) -- 16 Subway train stop ; door slam (short) (0:07) -- 16A Subway train stop ; door slam (short) (0:04) -- 16B Subway train stop ; door slam (short) (0:04) -- 17 Subway train stop ; door slam (0:05) -- 17B Subway train passing w/ screech (0:16) -- 19 Bird wing flapping (1:12) -- 21 Orchestra music (2:05) -- 22 Hoot owl (0:20)
• Reel 2 (Deck B). 2 Subway door slam and moving away (0:13) -- 3A Subway door slam and moving away (0:14) -- 3C Subway train moving ; screech fading away (0:16) -- 4A Subway door slam and moving away (0:17) -- 7 Subway train moving ; screech fading away (0:16) -- 7B Subway door slam and moving away (0:19) -- 7D Subway train moving; screech fading away (0:16) -- 9A Bird wing flapping (0:20) -- 10B Subway door slam and moving away (0:16) -- 10E Subway door slam (0:04) -- 12 Bird wing flapping (0:18) -- 14 Subway stop ; door slam (0:04) -- 15A Subway door slam and moving away (0:22) -- 16C Bird wing flapping (0:19) -- 18 Subway door slam and moving away (1:22) -- 20 Bird flapping ; Subway screech ; Subway moving ; Bird flapping (0:18) -- 17A Subway idling (1:15) -- Orchestra music: Crescendo ; Ritard (0:15)

Call Number

*LDC 48177

Author

Kennedy, Adrienne.

Title

The owl answers [sound recording] : sound effect cues / by Adrienne Kennedy.

Imprint

1969.

Playing Time

002515 (Reel 2)

Credits

Gerald Freeman, director.

Event

Recorded on Jan. 2, 1969.

Access

Access to original items restricted.

Additional Formats

Service compact disc (1 sound disc : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.) available in *LDC 48177.

Linking Entry

Forms part of: New York Shakespeare Festival recordings collection.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Freedman, Gerald. Director

Papp, Gail Merrifield. Donor

New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater. Donor

Added Title

New York Shakespeare Festival recordings collection.

Found In:

New York Shakespeare Festival records, 1954-1992.

Research Call Number

*LT-10 10643

*LDC 48176