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Additional authors

1. Robbins, Jerome
2. Guare, John
3. Stone, Tom
4. Frey, Leonard, 1938-
5. Preston, J. A.
6. Tristan, Dorothy, 1934-
7. Bartenieff, George
8. Monte, Barbara
9. American Theatre Laboratory (New York, N.Y.)

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (45 min.) : sd., b&w; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Jerome Robbins directs a two improvisational exercises. The first exercise is a version of the scene called Jackie's testimony, with the character of Jacqueline Kennedy as a patient in a hospital, describing her experience on the day of the assassination of President Kennedy after being injected with sodium pentathol. The rest of the company play doctors and nurses. The second exercise is called Ritual improvisation, in which members of the American Theatre Laboratory act out creating a holy place by chalking a circle on the floor.

Series statement

1. Jerome Robbins Collection

Alternative title

1. Ritual improvisation.
2. American Theatre Laboratory workshop.

Subject

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

Genre/Form

1. Drama.
2. Video.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-6260 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 workshop, in New York City, on Jan. 11, 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. Scenes from this project were rehearsed in many different forms and with different casts. American Theatre Laboratory disbanded in 1968.

Title

1. Sodium pentathol exercise. [Jan. 11, 1968] [videorecording]

Imprint

1. 1968.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

1. Jerome Robbins Collection

Restricted access

1. Permission required.

Performer

1. Performed by members of the American Theatre Laboratory, including Leonard Frey, James Preston, Dorothy Tristan, George Bartenieff, Barbara Monte.

Event

1. Videotaped in American Theatre Laboratory workshop, in New York City, on Jan. 11, 1968.

Funding

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

Biography

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. Scenes from this project were rehearsed in many different forms and with different casts. American Theatre Laboratory disbanded in 1968.

Added author

1. Robbins, Jerome. Director
2. Guare, John. Author
3. Stone, Tom. Author
4. Frey, Leonard, 1938- Performer
5. Preston, J. A. Performer
6. Tristan, Dorothy, 1934- Performer
7. Bartenieff, George. Performer
8. Monte, Barbara. Performer
9. American Theatre Laboratory (New York, N.Y.)

Other title

1. Ritual improvisation.
2. American Theatre Laboratory workshop.

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-6260 JRC