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Program prologue now : overture for a deafman

Title: Program prologue now : overture for a deafman [videorecording] / Pierre Cardin et ALPHA - Association culturelle de la FNAC présentent ; de Robert Wilson.
Publication: Paris, 1971.

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Status	Vol/Date	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Disc 1	Moving image	Restricted use	NCOV 3071 Disc 1	Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Disc 2	Moving image	Restricted use	NCOV 3071 Disc 2	Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT

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Description

2 videodiscs (DVD) (78 min.) : si., b&w; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

This recording appears to be performance footage from Robert Wilson's Program prologue now: overture for a deafman. The footage is probably from Part 1 or Part 2, and includes the murder scene where the girl murders her doll.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation.

Series Statement

Robert Wilson Audio/Visual Collection

Subjects

Dance
Drama
Theater > France > Paris
Theatrical productions > France > Paris > 1971-1980
Experimental theater

Genre/Form

Drama.
Dance.

Note

Donor's inventory numbers: MP 16-019 Reel 1, MP 16-019 Reel 2, MP 16-023 Reel 1, MP 16-023 Reel 2, MP 16-019 Reel 1 (Copy 1), MP 16-019 Reel 1 (Copy 1).
Title and credit information from Espace Cardin program.
"Prologue a été conçu, écrit et mis en scène par Robert Wilson" -- Program.
"Prologue est dédié à Ann Wilson" -- Program.

Access (note)

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

Régisseur général, Igor Demjen ; maquettes des costumes, John d'Arcangelo ; eclairages, Laura Lowrie ; film, Franklin Miller ; diapositives, Daniel Furon.

Performer (note)

U.S.A - The Byrd Hoffman School of Byrds: Eloina Allen, Raymond Andrews, Mel Andringa, John d'Arcangelo, Georges Ashley, Helen Berggruen, Geráldine Brussel, Kit Cation, Susan Costner, Diana Curtis, Duncan Curtis, Igor Demjen, Charles Dennis, S.K. Dunn, Robyn Evans, Jessie Gilbert, Andrew de Groat, Joe Hoofard, Terry Jamison, Marcia Johnson, Alan Lloyd, Chris Miller, Jim Neu, Minda Novek, Liz Pasquale, Mary Peer, Bernie Rohert, Lucia Ruedenberg, Scotty Snyder, Sheryl Sutton, Lenni Wagner, Robert Wilson, Alice Wise.
France: Michel Adens, Christiane Alteri-Lerca, Dany Artero, Nicolas Balmont, Luc de Champris, Jean-Louis Deroide, Serge Ducher, Jean-Charles Dulong, Georges Florian, Michel Fontan, Elisabeth Giros, Roland de Gouvenain, Jean-Marie Grobsheiser, Frantz Helmer, Gabriella Kotta, Claudine Leduc, Henri Lipson, Gilles Mermet, Gérard Meulemeister, Jacqueline Morlet, Catherine Neuve-Eglise, Yannis Papathanassis, Jean-Pierre Paternoster, Maria Pereira, Guy Philippi, Dominique Rabier, Joël Ranchon, Janou Rozand, Philippe Silvain, Kristel Steffans, Chantal Sulta, Françoise Thieck, Jean-Paul Veli.

Event (note)

This was probably filmed in performance at Espace Cardin, Paris, on June 8, 1971.

Call Number

NCOV 3071

OCLC

NYPG05-F10641

Title

Program prologue now : overture for a deafman [videorecording] / Pierre Cardin et ALPHA - Association culturelle de la FNAC présentent ; de Robert Wilson.

Imprint

Paris, 1971.

Series

Robert Wilson Audio/Visual Collection

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

Régisseur général, Igor Demjen ; maquettes des costumes, John d'Arcangelo ; eclairages, Laura Lowrie ; film, Franklin Miller ; diapositives, Daniel Furon.

Cast

U.S.A - The Byrd Hoffman School of Byrds: Eloina Allen, Raymond Andrews, Mel Andringa, John d'Arcangelo, Georges Ashley, Helen Berggruen, Geráldine Brussel, Kit Cation, Susan Costner, Diana Curtis, Duncan Curtis, Igor Demjen, Charles Dennis, S.K. Dunn, Robyn Evans, Jessie Gilbert, Andrew de Groat, Joe Hoofard, Terry Jamison, Marcia Johnson, Alan Lloyd, Chris Miller, Jim Neu, Minda Novek, Liz Pasquale, Mary Peer, Bernie Rohert, Lucia Ruedenberg, Scotty Snyder, Sheryl Sutton, Lenni Wagner, Robert Wilson, Alice Wise.

France: Michel Adens, Christiane Alteri-Lerca, Dany Artero, Nicolas Balmont, Luc de Champris, Jean-Louis Deroide, Serge Ducher, Jean-Charles Dulong, Georges Florian, Michel Fontan, Elisabeth Giros, Roland de Gouvenain, Jean-Marie Grobsheiser, Frantz Helmer, Gabriella Kotta, Claudine Leduc, Henri Lipson, Gilles Mermet, Gérard Meulemeister, Jacqueline Morlet, Catherine Neuve-Eglise, Yannis Papathanassis, Jean-Pierre Paternoster, Maria Pereira, Guy Philippi, Dominique Rabier, Joël Ranchon, Janou Rozand, Philippe Silvain, Kristel Steffans, Chantal Sulta, Françoise Thieck, Jean-Paul Veli.

Event

This was probably filmed in performance at Espace Cardin, Paris, on June 8, 1971.

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Added Author

Wilson, Robert, 1941- Overture to the fourth act of Deafman glance.

Wilson, Robert, 1941- director.

Cardin, Pierre, 1922-2020, producer.

Lowrie, Laura, lighting designer.

Miller, Franklin, filmmaker.

Allen, Eloina, performer.

Andrews, Raymond, 1956- performer.

Andringa, Mel, performer.

D'Arcangelo, John William, 1942- performer.

Demjen, Igor, performer.

Dunn, S.K. (Sara Kate), 1936- performer.

Dunn-Gilbert, Jessie, 1962- performer.

De Groat, Andrew, performer.

Lloyd, Alan Huber, 1943-1986, performer.

Neu, Jim, performer.

Novek, Minda, performer.

Pasquale, Liz, performer.

Peer, Mary, performer.

Ruedenberg, Lucia, performer.

Snyder, Scotty, performer.

Sutton, Sheryl, 1950- performer.

Byrd Hoffman School of Byrds.

Espace Pierre Cardin (Paris, France)

Théâtre des Ambassadeurs (Paris, France)

Research Call Number

NCOV 3071

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