Research Catalog

Parallax (In honor of Dates Bates) [and] Personality

Title
Parallax (In honor of Dates Bates) [and] Personality [videorecording] / The Women's Project of the American Place Theatre, Wynn Handman, director, Julia Miles, associate director, presents ; 'Parallax (In honor of Dates Bates)' written and directed by Denise Hamilton ; 'Personality' co-written by Gina Wendkos and Ellen Ratner ; co-directed by Gina Wendkos and Richard Press ; [video director] Jack Adolphi.
Publication
New York, 1986.

Details

Additional Authors
  • Handman, Wynn
  • Miles, Julia
  • Hamilton, Denise
  • Hamilton, Denise
  • Wendkos, Gina
  • Wendkos, Gina
  • Press, Richard
  • Malamud, Marc D
  • Dearing, Judy
  • Harris, Gary
  • Loftus, Mary Fran
  • Shay, Michele
  • Ratner, Ellen
  • Knickerbocker, Terry
  • Stevens, Susan
  • Adolphi, Jack
  • American Place Theatre (Organization), producer
  • Women's Project (New York, N.Y.), producer
Description
1 videocassette (VHS) (67 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in.
Summary
Two one-person shows, performed in succession. Parallax (In honor of Dates Bates) concerns the life of an African-American civil rights activist involved in the 'Little Rock Nine' school integration controversy of 1957, and is told in counterpoint to a television documentary on the life of Rose Kennedy, matriarch of the Kennedy family. Personality is an examination of dating, and related courtship rituals.
Series Statement
Women Heroes: In Praise of Exceptional Women
Alternative Title
Personality and Parallax (In honor of Dates Bates)
Subject
  • Bates, Daisy > Drama
  • Kennedy, Rose Fitzgerald, 1890-1995 > Drama
  • Kennedy family > Drama
  • African American students > Arkansas > Little Rock > History > 20th century > Drama
  • African American women > Drama
  • African Americans > Civil rights > History > Arkansas > Little Rock > 20th century > Drama
  • Civil rights workers > Arkansas > Little Rock > Drama
  • Courtship > Drama
  • Man-woman relationships > Drama
  • Mothers and daughters > Drama
  • Race relations > Drama
  • Racism > United States > Drama
  • School integration > Arkansas > Little Rock > History > 20th century > Drama
  • Young women > Conduct of life > Drama
  • One-act plays
  • One-person shows (Performing arts)
  • African American theater > New York (State) > New York
  • Theater > New York (State) > New York
  • Theatrical productions > New York (State) > New York > 1981-1990
Genre/Form
Drama.
Note
  • No credits on tape. Production information gathered from the files of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
  • Video quality is erratic.
  • These plays were staged as part of a series of one-acts by and about women, performed March 21-April 6, 1986. The series was called Women Heroes: In Praise of Exceptional Women.
  • Videorecordings of the other plays in this series include How she played the game (NCOV 496), Colette in love (NCOV 497), Millie [and] Emma Goldman (NCOV 498).
Access (note)
  • Restricted to qualified researchers.
Credits (note)
  • Sets and lighting, Marc D. Malamud ; costumes, Judy Dearing ; sound designer, Gary Harris ; prod. stage manager, Mary Fran Loftus.
Performer (note)
  • Featuring Michele Shay (Parallax) and Ellen Ratner (Personality).
  • Voice actors (Parallax): Terry Knickerbocker, Susan Stevens.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped at the Samuel Beckett Theatre, New York, N.Y., April 5, 1986.
Contents
Plays: Parallax (In honor of Dates Bates) / (approx. 30 min.) -- Personality (approx. 37 min.)
Call Number
NCOV 495
OCLC
1046076554
Title
Parallax (In honor of Dates Bates) [and] Personality [videorecording] / The Women's Project of the American Place Theatre, Wynn Handman, director, Julia Miles, associate director, presents ; 'Parallax (In honor of Dates Bates)' written and directed by Denise Hamilton ; 'Personality' co-written by Gina Wendkos and Ellen Ratner ; co-directed by Gina Wendkos and Richard Press ; [video director] Jack Adolphi.
Imprint
New York, 1986.
Series
Women Heroes: In Praise of Exceptional Women
Access
Restricted to qualified researchers.
Credits
Sets and lighting, Marc D. Malamud ; costumes, Judy Dearing ; sound designer, Gary Harris ; prod. stage manager, Mary Fran Loftus.
Cast
Featuring Michele Shay (Parallax) and Ellen Ratner (Personality).
Voice actors (Parallax): Terry Knickerbocker, Susan Stevens.
Event
Videotaped at the Samuel Beckett Theatre, New York, N.Y., April 5, 1986.
Added Author
Handman, Wynn, producer.
Miles, Julia, producer.
Hamilton, Denise. Parallax (In honor of Dates Bates)
Hamilton, Denise, director.
Wendkos, Gina. Personality.
Wendkos, Gina, director.
Press, Richard, co-director.
Malamud, Marc D, set designer.
Malamud, Marc D, lighting designer.
Dearing, Judy, costume designer.
Harris, Gary, sound designer.
Loftus, Mary Fran, production stage manager.
Shay, Michele, actor.
Ratner, Ellen, actor.
Ratner, Ellen, co-author.
Knickerbocker, Terry, voice actor.
Stevens, Susan, voice actor.
Adolphi, Jack, videographer.
American Place Theatre (Organization), producer.
Women's Project (New York, N.Y.), producer.
Research Call Number
NCOV 495
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