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Dr. Queen's Drag Academy, [paper presentations]

Title
Dr. Queen's Drag Academy, 1990-10 : [paper presentations] / [presented by] Martin Worman, Jay Dorf[f], Elizabeth [Drorbaugh and] Joe E. Jeffreys.
Author
Performance Studies International Conference (1st : 1990 : New York University)
Publication
1990.

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Additional Authors
  • Worman, Martin
  • Dorff, Jay, 1961-1993
  • Drorbaugh, Elizabeth
  • Jeffreys, Joe E.
  • Koldewyn, Richard, 1945-
  • Stoller, Mike
  • Leiber, Jerry
  • Gritteris, Louis
  • Lee, Peggy, 1920-2002
  • Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934.
Found In
Martin Worman audiovisual collection, 1960-2008.
Description
1 videocassette (109:18) : sound, color; 1/2 in.
Summary
In this video, some paper authors in drag, some skits, some songs from the 1972 Cockettes musical extravangaza "Hot Greeks" ("Hot Greeks and "Accept with the left, and shake with the right" (?) / by Martin Worman and Richard "Scrumbly" Koldewyn), some slow dancing to Leiber and Stoller's "Is that all there is?" (excerpt sung by Peggy Lee) and some old Burlesque jokes about gay men helped liven the paper presentations of "Dr. Queen's Drag Academy" at the first Performance Studies International Conference, hosted by New York University. Papers: "Drag and the empowerment of the erotics of the Radical Faeries" / Jay Dorff (8:31-30:20) ; "The girls of Salome: Wilde and provocative" / Elizabeth Drorbaugh (31:20-55:55) ; "A brief history of the Cockettes" / Martin Worman (57:54-79:35) ; "Pansies: the flowers of burlesque" / Joe E. Jeffreys (80:31-103:24).
Alternative Title
  • Hot Greeks.
  • Is that all there is?
  • Accept with the left, and shake with the right.
  • Martin Worman audiovisual collection.
Subject
  • Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. > Adaptations
  • Cockettes (Theatrical troupe)
  • Radical Faeries (New Age movement)
  • Feminist theater
  • Male impersonators
  • Female impersonators
  • Burlesque (Theater)
  • Homosexuality and theater
  • Musicals > Excerpts
  • Piano music, Arranged
Note
  • Title from original videocassette label and cataloger.
  • "90.10.06; NYU Performance Studies; Dr. Queen's Drag Academy; Martin Worman Jay Dorf Elizabeth Joe E. Jeffreys"--Original videocassette labels.
Access (note)
  • Access via streaming video restricted to onsite at New York Public Library secure reading rooms.
Source (note)
  • Billy Rose Theatre Division, Martin Worman papers
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of: Martin Worman audiovisual collection, *L(Special) 10-06
Call Number
*LVH 2765
OCLC
908850414
Conference
Performance Studies International Conference (1st : 1990 : New York University)
Title
Dr. Queen's Drag Academy, 1990-10 : [paper presentations] / [presented by] Martin Worman, Jay Dorf[f], Elizabeth [Drorbaugh and] Joe E. Jeffreys.
Production
1990.
Playing Time
014918
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
computer
Type of Carrier
videocassette
online resource
Access
Access via streaming video restricted to onsite at New York Public Library secure reading rooms.
Performer
Martin Worman, host and paper presenter ; Jay Dorff, Elizabeth Drorbaugh and Joe E. Jeffreys, paper presenters ; Louie Gritteris (?), piano.
Event
Videotaped New York University (NYU) 1990 October 6.
Linking Entry
Forms part of: Martin Worman audiovisual collection, *L(Special) 10-06
Local Note
Preservation file: (1 video file (109 min.) : digital, 10 bit compressed YUV; copied from A.O.) in long term storage, Digital Library Repository server [myh_lvh2765_v01_pm]
Source
Separated from; Billy Rose Theatre Division, Martin Worman papers, 1960-2008, *T-Mss 2009-002.
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Added Author
Worman, Martin, author.
Dorff, Jay, 1961-1993, author.
Drorbaugh, Elizabeth, author.
Jeffreys, Joe E., author.
Koldewyn, Richard, 1945- composer.
Stoller, Mike, composer.
Worman, Martin, dancer.
Drorbaugh, Elizabeth, dancer.
Worman, Martin, host.
Worman, Martin, lyricist.
Leiber, Jerry, lyricist.
Worman, Martin, performer.
Dorff, Jay, 1961-1993, performer.
Drorbaugh, Elizabeth, performer.
Jeffreys, Joe E., performer.
Gritteris, Louis, performer.
Lee, Peggy, 1920-2002, performer.
Container of (work): Koldewyn, Richard, 1945- Hot Greeks. Selections.
Container of (expression): Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934. Pomp and circumstance. No. 1. Selections; arranged.
Kirsch, Dorothy, donor.
Croonquist, Robert, donor.
Added Title
Hot Greeks.
Is that all there is?
Accept with the left, and shake with the right.
Martin Worman audiovisual collection.
Found In:
Martin Worman audiovisual collection, 1960-2008.
Research Call Number
*LVH 2765
*LDV 2058
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