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Punch & Judy get divorced

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Title

Punch & Judy get divorced

Collection

David Gordon Video Archive

Names

Gordon, David, 1936- (Author)
Gordon, David, 1936- (Director)
Pellington, Mark (Director)
Butler, Michael (Performer)
Hanan, Stephen Mo (Performer)
Playten, Alice (Performer)
Wilson, Mary Louise (Performer)
Cobb, Michael (Performer)
Lewis, Bobo (Performer)
Cunningham, Scott (Performer)
Gordon, Ain (Performer)
Roth, Tisha (Performer)
Kandel, Karen (Performer)
Lovejoy, Deirdre, 1962- (Performer)
Moss, Dean (Performer)
Hudson, Rodney (Performer)
Fire, Norma (Performer)
Hope, Ted (Producer)
Schamus, James (Producer)
Stalling, Carl W (Composer)
Jenyon, Elizabeth (Costume designer)
Deren, Nancy (Set designer)
Sieling, Neil (Producer)
Dissette, Alyce (Producer)
Twin Cities Public Television (Saint Paul, Minn.) (Associated name)
KTCA-TV (Television station : Saint Paul, Minn.) (Associated name)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1992
Place: Saint Paul/Minneapolis, Minn
Publisher: Twin Cities Public Television

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3875
Shelf locator: *MGZIA 4-7457 (former)

Subjects

Drama

Genres

Filmed Performances
Filmed Dance

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: KTCA ; Alive TV ; Twin Cities Public Television ; directed by Mark Pellington and David Gordon ; produced by Ted Hope and James Schamus ; written and staged by David Gordon ; music by Carl Stalling.
Creation/Production Credits: Director of photography, Mike Spiller ; editing, Bruce Ashley ; costumes and props, Elizabeth Jenyon ; makeup, Jennifer Aspinall ; production design, Nancy Deren. For Alive TV: executive in charge, Gerald Richman ; commissioning producer, Neil Sieling ; executive producer, Alyce Dissette.
Performers: Michael Butler and Stephen Hanan (Punch); Alice Playten and Mary Louise Wilson (Judy); Michael Cobb and Bobo Lewis (the baby); Scott Cunningham and Ain Gordon (Toby the dog); Tisha Roth and Karen Evans-Kandel (Polly the other woman); Deirdre Lovejoy and Dean Moss (the devil); Rodney Hudson and Norma Fire (the clown).
Acquisition: Gift; David Gordon / Pick Up Performance Co(s). 2014.
Acquisition: Gift; Dance Theater Workshop.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (27 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Abstract

Theater piece based on characters from the traditional Punch and Judy puppet plays.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15919527
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c1b05400-9e7e-0132-8772-3c075448cc4b

Rights

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.

Type Of Resource

Moving Image

Date Issued

1992

Cite this item

MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Punch & Judy get divorced" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1992. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c1b05400-9e7e-0132-8772-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1992). Punch & Judy get divorced Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c1b05400-9e7e-0132-8772-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Punch & Judy get divorced" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c1b05400-9e7e-0132-8772-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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