Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Levitt, Mortimer, 1907-
2. Cantor, Arthur, 1920-2001
3. Caro, Jacobina
4. Daytop Theatre Company. Concept
5. Daytop Village, inc

Description

1. 2 videocassettes (80 min.) : sd., b&w, NTSC; 3/4 in. (U-matic)

Subject

1. Improvisation (Acting)
2. Theatrical productions > New York (State) > New York > 1961-1970
3. Theater > New York (State) > New York
4. Drama

Genre/Form

1. Drama.

Call number

1. NCOV 106

Note

1. Cassette 2: audio only for the last 6 min.
2. A partly scripted/partly improvised production, written and performed by residents of Daytop Village, a therapeutic community of ex-drug addicts on Staten Island, N.Y.

Access (note)

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Performer (note)

1. Performed by three alternate casts, all residents of Daytop Village.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped at the Pocket Theatre, New York, N.Y., in 1968 or 1969.

Biography (note)

1. The concept was first performed experimentally in Oct. 1967 at Cafe La Mama, New York, N.Y. It opened May 6, 1968 at the Sheridan Square Playhouse, New York, N.Y. but was cancelled in Nov. due to political problems at Daytop Village. It reopened at the Gramercy Arts Theatre, Aug. 21, 1969. It was revived in 1986, listed as the conception of Lawrence Sackarow, who also directed the revival.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.

Title

1. The concept [videorecording] / Mortimer Levitt and Arthur Cantor present the Daytop Theatre Company ; staged by Jacobina Caro.

Imprint

1. [between 1968 and 1969]

Access

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Performer

1. Performed by three alternate casts, all residents of Daytop Village.

Event

1. Videotaped at the Pocket Theatre, New York, N.Y., in 1968 or 1969.

Biography

1. The concept was first performed experimentally in Oct. 1967 at Cafe La Mama, New York, N.Y. It opened May 6, 1968 at the Sheridan Square Playhouse, New York, N.Y. but was cancelled in Nov. due to political problems at Daytop Village. It reopened at the Gramercy Arts Theatre, Aug. 21, 1969. It was revived in 1986, listed as the conception of Lawrence Sackarow, who also directed the revival.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.

Added author

1. Levitt, Mortimer, 1907- producer.
2. Cantor, Arthur, 1920-2001, producer.
3. Caro, Jacobina, director.
4. Daytop Theatre Company. Concept.
5. Daytop Village, inc.

Research call number

1. NCOV 106