Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Robbins, Jerome
2. Frey, Leonard, 1938-
3. Mitchell, James
4. Guare, John
5. Stone, Tom
6. American Theatre Laboratory (New York, N.Y.)

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (10 min.) : sd., b&w; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Jerome Robbins directs a rehearsal of a scene from an untitled work in progress, in which the character of Jacqueline Kennedy gives testimony about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy before the Warren Commission.

Series statement

1. Jerome Robbins Collection

Alternative title

1. American Theatre Laboratory rehearsal.

Subject

1. Kennedy, John F. 1917-1963 -- Assassination -- Drama.
2. Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994 -- Drama.
3. Theater rehearsals.
4. Experimental theater -- New York (State) -- New York.

Genre/Form

1. Drama.
2. Video.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-6118 JRC

Language

1. English

Note

1. Title from original container.
2. No time/date code on frame.

Access (note)

1. Permission required.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in American Theatre Laboratory rehearsal, in New York City, on Feb. 25, 1968.

Funding (note)

1. Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biography (note)

1. American Theatre Laboratory was created in 1966 by Jerome Robbins, with a $300,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The experimental theater workshop rehearsed several projects but did not produce any shows. One project took the assassination of President John F. Kennedy as a subject. The script, begun by Tom Stone and further developed by John Guare, was adapted from the Warren Commission Report, and the staging was influenced by Japanese Noh drama. Scenes from this project were rehearsed in many different forms and with different casts. American Theatre Laboratory disbanded in 1968.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Performer

1. Rehearsed by Leonard Frey (Jackie), James Mitchell (Rankin).