Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Robbins, Jerome.
2. Frey, Leonard, 1938-
3. Preston, J. A.
4. Guare, John.
5. American Theatre Laboratory (New York, N.Y.)

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (14 min.) : sd., b&w; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Members of the American Theatre Laboratory rehearse an excerpt from the scene called Jackie's testimony, from an untitled work in progress, in which the character of Jacqueline Kennedy gives testimony to the Warren Commission. In this version, the performers recite the script in unison while acting out the Japanese tea ceremony in pantomime (without props).

Series statement

1. Jerome Robbins Collection

Alternative title

1. American Theatre Laboratory workshop

Subject

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

Genre/Form

1. Drama.
2. Video.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-6273 JRC

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 Feb. 26, 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. The staging of some versions was influenced by Japanese Noh drama. Jerome Robbins directed all sessions of the American Theatre Laboratory, which disbanded in 1968.

Title

1. Jackie's testimony with tea ceremony. [Feb. 26, 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 and James Preston.

Event

1. Videotaped in American Theatre Laboratory workshop, in New York City, on Feb. 26, 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. The staging of some versions was influenced by Japanese Noh drama. Jerome Robbins directed all sessions of the American Theatre Laboratory, which disbanded in 1968.

Added author

1. Robbins, Jerome. Director
2. Frey, Leonard, 1938- Performer
3. Preston, J. A. Performer
4. Guare, John. Author
5. American Theatre Laboratory (New York, N.Y.)

Other title

1. American Theatre Laboratory workshop

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-6273 JRC