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Theodora: she-bitch of Byzantium (2 performances)
- Title
- Theodora: she-bitch of Byzantium (2 performances) [videorecording] / Theatre in Limbo presents ; written by Charles Busch ; directed by Kenneth Elliott.
- Publication
- New York, 1984.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Moving image | Restricted use | NCOV 4052 | Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT |
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- Description
- 1 videodisc (DVD) (81 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Consists of two complete performances of Charles Busch's one-act play, performed outdoors.
- Subjects
- Male impersonators > Drama
- Theatrical productions > New York (State) > New York > 1981-1990
- Drama
- Incest > Drama
- Theater > New York (State) > New York
- One-act plays
- Theodora, Empress, consort of Justinian I, Emperor of the East, -548 > Drama
- Political violence > Drama
- Homosexuality > Drama
- Empresses > Byzantine Empire > Drama
- Suicide > Drama
- Man-woman relationships > Drama
- Justinian > I, > Emperor of the East, > 483?-565 > Drama
- Genre/Form
- Drama.
- Note
- Partial credits on tape. Additional production information gathered from the files of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
- Audio quality is erratic.
- A videorecording of a later production of this play, staged at the New Limbo Lounge in November of 1984, is available on NCOV 4053.
- Access (note)
- Restricted to qualified researchers.
- Credits (note)
- Choreography, Jeff Veazey ; wig designer and production manager, E. Katherine Carr.
- Performer (note)
- Charles Busch, Theresa Aceves, Tom Aulino, Robert Carey, Kenneth Elliott, Andy Halliday, Julie Halston, Arnie Kolodner.
- Event (note)
- Videotaped in the Limbo Lounge sculpture garden, New York, N.Y., June 1984.
- Contents
- Performance #1 (ends at 40:10) -- performance #2 (begins at 40:14).
- Call Number
- NCOV 4052
- OCLC
- 943029880
- Title
- Theodora: she-bitch of Byzantium (2 performances) [videorecording] / Theatre in Limbo presents ; written by Charles Busch ; directed by Kenneth Elliott.
- Imprint
- New York, 1984.
- Access
- Restricted to qualified researchers.
- Credits
- Choreography, Jeff Veazey ; wig designer and production manager, E. Katherine Carr.
- Cast
- Charles Busch, Theresa Aceves, Tom Aulino, Robert Carey, Kenneth Elliott, Andy Halliday, Julie Halston, Arnie Kolodner.
- Event
- Videotaped in the Limbo Lounge sculpture garden, New York, N.Y., June 1984.
- Local Note
- Gift of Charles Busch.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Busch, Charles. Theodora: she-bitch of Byzantium.Busch, Charles, actor.Elliott, Kenneth, director.Elliott, Kenneth, actor.Veazey, Jeff, choreographer.Carr, E. Katherine, wig designer.Carr, E. Katherine, production personnel.Aceves, Theresa, actor.Aulino, Tom, actor.Carey, Robert, actor.Halliday, Andy, actor.Halston, Julie, actor.Kolodner, Arnie, actor.Theatre in Limbo (New York, N.Y.), producer.Busch, Charles, donor.
- Research Call Number
- NCOV 4052