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Checkmate The rake's progress

Title
Checkmate [videorecording] ; The rake's progress / produced by Charles Thompson ; directed by Jolyon Wimhurst ; made in association with Jaras Entertainments, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Sadler's Wells Theatre ; an IFPA production.
Publication
Pleasantville, N.Y. : Video Artists International, [2006]

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Additional Authors
  • Thompson, Charles
  • Wimhurst, Jolyon
  • Barbieri, Margaret
  • Ashmole, David
  • Bintley, David
  • Kennedy, Sherilyn
  • Corder, Michael
  • Price, Roland
  • Millington, Nicholas
  • Morse, David
  • Katrak, Nicola
  • Reeder, Kim
  • Wordsworth, Barry
  • Kauffer, E. McKnight (Edward McKnight), 1890-1954
  • Whistler, Rex, 1905-1944
  • Hall, John, lighting designer.
  • Gilding, Mike
  • De Valois, Ninette, 1898-2001
  • Bliss, Arthur, 1891-1975.
  • Gordon, Gavin, 1901-1970.
  • Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet, performer.
  • Orchestra of Sadler's Wells, performer.
  • Jaras Entertainments, performer.
  • Royal Opera House (London, England), performer.
  • Sadler's Wells Theatre (London, England), performer.
  • Independent Film Production Associates, production company.
  • Video Artists International, publisher.
Description
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Checkmate, a ballet in one act with prologue, portrays a game of love and death, played according to rules of chess. The rake's progress, a ballet in six scenes, portrays the fall of a young man who squanders away his fortune, is cast into a London madhouse, and filled with remorse, ends his days.
Series Statement
Masterpieces of British ballet
Uniform Title
  • Checkmate (Choreographic work : De Valois)
  • Rake's progress (Choreographic work : De Valois)
  • Masterpieces of British ballet.
Alternative Title
  • Checkmate ; The rake's progress
  • Rake's progress.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Filmed ballets.
  • Filmed dance.
  • Nonfiction films.
  • Drama.
Note
  • Two ballets.
  • Originally produced in 1982.
  • Chapter listings inserted in container.
Credits (note)
  • Sets and costumes, E. McKnight Kauffer (Checkmate), Rex Whistler (Rake's progress) ; lighting, John Hall ; cameras, Stephen Haskett ... [et al.] ; editor, Mike Gilding.
Event (note)
  • Filmed in 1982, Sadler's Wells Theatre, London.
System Details (note)
  • DVD, NTSC; region 0; soundtrack in mono; aspect ratio 1.33:1.
Contents
Checkmate / choreography, Ninette de Valois; music, Arthur Bliss -- The rake's progress / choreography, Ninette de Valois; music and scenario, Gavin Gordon.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-3004
LCCN
089948437994
OCLC
75396376
Title
Checkmate [videorecording] ; The rake's progress / produced by Charles Thompson ; directed by Jolyon Wimhurst ; made in association with Jaras Entertainments, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Sadler's Wells Theatre ; an IFPA production.
Imprint
Pleasantville, N.Y. : Video Artists International, [2006]
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
Type of Carrier
videodisc
Series
Masterpieces of British ballet
Masterpieces of British ballet.
Performer
Checkmate: Margaret Barbieri, David Ashmole, David Bintley, Sherilyn Kennedy, Michael Corder, Roland Price, Nicholas Millington. Rake's progress: David Morse, Nicola Katrak, Kim Reeder, David Bintley, Michael Corder; dancers of the Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet ; Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth, conductor.
Credits
Sets and costumes, E. McKnight Kauffer (Checkmate), Rex Whistler (Rake's progress) ; lighting, John Hall ; cameras, Stephen Haskett ... [et al.] ; editor, Mike Gilding.
Event
Filmed in 1982, Sadler's Wells Theatre, London.
System Details
DVD, NTSC; region 0; soundtrack in mono; aspect ratio 1.33:1.
Local Note
Arch. orig.: 1 DVD; purchased from Dance Horizons, 5/2007; on shelf.
Master: none.
Add. copies: none.
Vid. pres. master: none.
Vid. view. copy: use AO.
Film view. copy.
Chronological Term
1800 - 1899
Added Author
Thompson, Charles, producer.
Wimhurst, Jolyon, director.
Barbieri, Margaret, dancer.
Ashmole, David, dancer.
Bintley, David, dancer.
Kennedy, Sherilyn, dancer.
Corder, Michael, dancer.
Price, Roland, dancer.
Millington, Nicholas, dancer.
Morse, David, dancer.
Katrak, Nicola, dancer.
Reeder, Kim, dancer.
Wordsworth, Barry, conductor.
Kauffer, E. McKnight (Edward McKnight), 1890-1954, set designer.
Whistler, Rex, 1905-1944, set designer.
Hall, John, lighting designer.
Gilding, Mike, editor of moving image work.
De Valois, Ninette, 1898-2001, choreographer.
Container of (work): Bliss, Arthur, 1891-1975. Checkmate.
Container of (work): Gordon, Gavin, 1901-1970. Rake's progress.
Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet, performer.
Orchestra of Sadler's Wells, performer.
Jaras Entertainments, performer.
Royal Opera House (London, England), performer.
Sadler's Wells Theatre (London, England), performer.
Independent Film Production Associates, production company.
Video Artists International, publisher.
Added Title
Container of (work): Checkmate (Choreographic work : De Valois)
Container of (work): Rake's progress (Choreographic work : De Valois)
Rake's progress.
Other Standard Identifier
089948437994
Publisher No.
4379 Video Artists International
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-3004
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