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Rockaby

Title: Rockaby [motion picture] / D.A. Pennebaker, Chris Hegedus.
Publication: New York : Pennebaker Associates, 1983, made 1982.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Moving image	By appointment only	M16 3530 R	Offsite
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Moving image	By appointment only	M16 3530 R	Offsite

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Description

2 film reels (58 min.) : sd. col.; 16 mm.

Summary

Actress Billie Whitelaw and director Alan Schneider, meeting for the first time, create a new play written for this event by Samuel Beckett. Shows the process of bringing the playwright's short play, "Rockaby," to the stage including costuming, lighting and rehearsals. Concludes with a complete performance of the work with Billie Whitelaw starring as an aged woman coming to terms with death.

Subject

Theater

Credits (note)

Directors, D.A. Pennebaker, Chris Hegedus.

Title

Rockaby [motion picture] / D.A. Pennebaker, Chris Hegedus.

Imprint

New York : Pennebaker Associates, 1983, made 1982.

Credits

Directors, D.A. Pennebaker, Chris Hegedus.

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Whitelaw, Billie, 1932-2014, actor.

Whitelaw, Billie, 1932-2014, interviewee.

Pennebaker, D. A.

Hegedus, Chris.

Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989. Rockaby.

Branch Call Number

M16 3530 R

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