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Interview with Richard Peaslee

Title
Interview with Richard Peaslee [videorecording] / interviewer, Joseph Hurley.
Publication
c2009.

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Additional Authors
  • Peaslee, Richard
  • Hurley, Joseph
  • Ward, Penny
  • Hines, Kay
  • New York Public Library. Dance Division
  • Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (89 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in. +
Summary
Composer Richard Peaslee speaks with Joseph Hurley about "Marat/Sade" aka "The persecution and assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as performed by the inmates of the asylum of Charenton under the direction of the Marquis de Sade"; how he had hoped to write music for big bands; studying with Bill Russo; going to London to write for Bill Russo's band; working with Peter Brook; London's theatre scene in the 1960s; the most influential people in his career being Peter Brook and Martha Clarke; "Garden of earthly delights"; changes made to the new production of "Garden of earthly delights"; Martha Clarke's choreographic process and how she used his compositions; genesis of "The hunger artist"; working on a musical version of "Moby Dick"; working with Adrian Mitchell; his experience at Juilliard after serving in the Army; plans for the future; difficulties raising money for the new production of "Garden of earthly delights"; working with Martha Clarke.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Interviews.
Access (note)
  • Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
Credits (note)
  • Director of photography, Penny Ward ; production assistant, Kay Hines ; editor, Kay Hines/Dekart Video.
Event (note)
  • This interview was videotaped at the oral history studio of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in New York, New York on April 30, 2009.
Funding (note)
  • Recording made possible by a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
System Details (note)
  • DVD, transferred from a DVCAM cassette.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-5057
OCLC
424501725
Title
Interview with Richard Peaslee [videorecording] / interviewer, Joseph Hurley.
Imprint
c2009.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
System Details
DVD, transferred from a DVCAM cassette.
Event
This interview was videotaped at the oral history studio of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in New York, New York on April 30, 2009.
Credits
Director of photography, Penny Ward ; production assistant, Kay Hines ; editor, Kay Hines/Dekart Video.
Performer
Interviewee, Richard Peaslee.
Funding
Recording made possible by a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
Restricted Access
Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
Added Author
Peaslee, Richard Interviewee
Hurley, Joseph, interviewer.
Ward, Penny, videographer.
Hines, Kay, production personnel.
Hines, Kay, editor of moving image work.
New York Public Library. Dance Division
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
Research Call Number
*MGZMT 3-5057
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