'Tis pity she's a whore: show music and sound effects

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Title

'Tis pity she's a whore: show music and sound effects

Collection

New York Shakespeare Festival recordings collection

Names

Kaczmarek, Jan A. P (Composer)
Akalaitis, JoAnne (Director)
Gromada, John (Sound designer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1990-03

Library Location

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LT-10-A 2985

Subjects

Theater -- Production and direction -- New York (State) -- New York
Theater -- New York (State) -- New York
Ford, John, 1586-approximately 1640. 'Tis pity she's a whore

Genres

Music

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: music composed by Jan A. P. Kaczmarek.
Content: On containers spine, reel 1: Tis pity, March '90. Deck 2, reel 1; reel 2: Tis pity, March '90. Deck 2, reel 2.
Content: On reels, reel 1: 'Tis pity she's a whore, deck 2, act I; reel 2: 'Tis pity, deck 2, act II.
Content: On container, reel 2: Tis pity. Show tapes.
Content: NYSF inventory no., reel 1: 1269; reel 2: 1268.
Content: Credits and production information taken from the Public Theater Website and the containers.
Content: Forms part of the New York Shakespere Festival records; for papers, see the Billy Rose Theatre Collection, *T-Mss 1993-028; for sheet music and scores, see the Music Division, JPB 04-03.
Creation/Production Credits: Play written by John Ford ; JoAnne Akalaitis, director ; John Gromada, sound design.
Venue: Recorded in New York, NY, March 1990.
Acquisition: Gift; The New York Shakespeare Festival and Gail Merrifield Papp; 1993.
Content: Forms part of: New York Shakespeare Festival recordings collection.

Physical Description

Extent: 2 audiotape reels (53 min., :5 sec.) : analog ; 10 in.

Abstract

Tapes contain music and sound effects used for act I and II of NYSF production of the play 'Tis pity she's a whore.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16572713
RLIN/OCLC: 150493219
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 702365c0-b3da-0133-caf6-3c07547a230f

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Sound Recording

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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "'Tis pity she's a whore: show music and sound effects" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/702365c0-b3da-0133-caf6-3c07547a230f

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Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "'Tis pity she's a whore: show music and sound effects" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/702365c0-b3da-0133-caf6-3c07547a230f

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