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The harlot's curse

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Dance Theater Workshop Video Archive

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Title
The harlot's curse
Names
Marceau, Gigi (Performer)
Lowe, Jane (Performer)
Whitcomb, Mary (Performer)
O'Brien, Mark (Performer)
Wilde, Francesca (Performer)
Chadwick, David (Performer)
King, Emily (Performer)
Routtu, Consuelo Jean (Performer)
Sanders, Kyle (Performer)
Humes, Thomas (Performer)
Healy, Matthew (Performer)
Yu, Cheng-Chieh (Performer)
Brown, Lynn (Performer)
Conboy, Timothy (Performer)
Hoag, Brigid (Performer)
Archer, Rodney (Author)
Jones, Powell (Author)
Cunningham, James (Director)
Tarnay, Linda (Choreographer)
Cervetti, Sergio (Composer)
Payne-Carter, David (Performer)
McGuire, Wallace (Set designer)
Barrier, Andrea (Costume designer)
Sandström, Phil (Lighting designer)
Dance Theater Workshop (Producer)
Video D Studios (Videographer)
Archer, Rodney (Compiler)
Jones, Powell (Compiler)
Collection

Dance Theater Workshop Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1990 (Approximate)
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 4925
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-5937 (former)
Topics
Dance Theater Workshop
Drama
Genres
Filmed performances
Notes
Statement of responsibility: presented by Dance Theater Workshop's Economy Tires Theater ; written and compiled by Rodney Archer and Powell Jones ; [stage] direction by James Cunningham ; choreography by Linda Tarnay ; music by Sergio Cervetti.
Content: Accompanied by house program.
Creation/production credits: Dramaturg, David Payne-Carter ; set, Wallace McGuire ; costume coordinator, Andrea Barrier ; lighting, Phil Sandström ; poem, William Blake (London).
Performers: Gigi Marceau (Mary Kelly) ; Jane Lowe (narrator, Mrs. Berkley) ; Mary Whitcomb (narrator, midwife, lady reformer, cockney whore) ; Mark O'Brien (narrator, curate) ; Francesca Wilde (Nanny Spanks, Mary's mother, Mary's sister, whore) ; David Chadwick (Lord Asterisk) ; Emily King (Lady Asterisk) ; Consuelo Jean Routtu (Margaret Asterisk) ; Kyle Saunders (Irish surgeon, Mazeppa, bully-boy) ; Thomas Humes (Henry Mayhew, man in street and brothel) ; Matthew Healy (Dr. Acton, bully-boy, maiden's father) ; Tim Conboy (Punch, man in ballroom and brothel) ; Brigid Hoag (Judy, woman in ballroom and brothel) ; Cheng-Chieh Yu (Mazeppa [dancer], woman in ballroom and brothel) ; Lynn Brown (Mazeppa's horse, man in street and ballroom).
Venue: Videotaped in performance at Dance Theater Workshop's Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, on May 12, 1990, by Video D Studios.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 2 videocassettes (U-matic) (75 min.) : sound, color
Description
Theater piece depicting "the story of Mary Kelly, Jack-the-Ripper's last victim, murdered in the East End of London over a century ago."
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY99-F74
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13987449
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): accf38b0-4b64-0133-8ba7-60f81dd2b63c
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The harlot's curse" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1990. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/accf38b0-4b64-0133-8ba7-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The harlot's curse" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/accf38b0-4b64-0133-8ba7-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1990). The harlot's curse Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/accf38b0-4b64-0133-8ba7-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia Citation

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The harlot's curse