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The exception and the rule cast recording

Title
The exception and the rule [sound recording] : cast recording / by Bertolt Brecht ; adapted by Eric Bentley; directed by Isaiah Sheffer; music by Stefan Wolpe.
Author
Bentley, Eric, 1916-2020.

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Additional Authors
  • Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956.
  • Bentley, Eric, 1916-2020
  • Wolpe, Stefan.
  • Sheffer, Isaiah.
  • Richards, Paul E.
  • Chaiken, Joseph.
  • Greene, Sam.
  • Estate of Jerome Robbins. dnr
  • Oral history archive.
Found In
Jerome Robbins Collection
Description
1 sound disc (ca. 51 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Alternative Title
Jerome Robbins Collection. Audio materials.
Subject
Note
  • Smithsonian Folkways cast recording of a production of the play The exception and the rule that opened at the Greenwich Mews Theater, New York City, on May 10, 1965.
  • Sound quality is good, though there is some hiss and crackle arising from the original vinyl format.
Funding (note)
  • Preservation was funded by the Jerome Robbins Foundation.
Source (note)
  • Estate of Jerome Robbins
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of: Jerome Robbins Collection. Audio materials.
Contents
Prologue -- The race through the desert -- The end of a much-traveled road -- Dismissal of the guide at Station Han -- A conversation in dangerous territory -- At the rushing river -- The bivouac -- The end of all roads -- The shared water -- The exception and the rule -- The song of the tribunals -- The tribunal -- Epilogue.
Call Number
*MGZTL 4-2757
OCLC
755030407
Author
Bentley, Eric, 1916-2020.
Title
The exception and the rule [sound recording] : cast recording / by Bertolt Brecht ; adapted by Eric Bentley; directed by Isaiah Sheffer; music by Stefan Wolpe.
Performer
Cast: Eric Bentley (narrator), Paul E. Richards (merchant), Joseph Chaiken (coolie), Sam Greene (guide), William Shorr (leader of second caravan), Ron Vaad (guide of second caravan, Inkeeper), Willard Bond (first policeman, associate judge, percussion), Charles Sullivan (second policeman, trumpet), Jeanette Hodge (coolie's widow), Frank Groseclose (judge, piano).
Original Version
Original format : 1 sound cassette (ca. 51 min.; 1 7/8 in. per sec.; 2 channels). Originally recorded ca. 1975.
Funding
Preservation was funded by the Jerome Robbins Foundation.
Linking Entry
Forms part of: Jerome Robbins Collection. Audio materials.
Local Note
Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-2757 JRC
Source
Gift; Estate of Jerome Robbins, 1999. NN-PD
Added Author
Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956. Author
Bentley, Eric, 1916-2020, narrator.
Wolpe, Stefan. Composer
Sheffer, Isaiah. Director
Richards, Paul E. Actor
Chaiken, Joseph. Actor
Greene, Sam. Actor
Estate of Jerome Robbins. Donor
Oral history archive.
Added Title
Jerome Robbins Collection. Audio materials.
Found In:
Jerome Robbins Collection
Research Call Number
*MGZTL 4-2757
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