The ghost writer
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Title
The ghost writer
Collection
Dance Theater Workshop Video Archive
Names
Van Tieghem, David (Author)
Van Tieghem, David (Composer)
Van Tieghem, David (Performer)
Dudek, Tina (Choreographer)
Henzel, E. J (Performer)
Mancini, Linda (Performer)
Easton, Hilary (Performer)
Mancini, Madeline (Performer)
Mendoza, Charlie (Performer)
Love, Lisa (Performer)
Hoffbauer, Patricia (Performer)
Pooser, Damon (Performer)
Anastasio, J. Damian (Performer)
Buchen, Bill (Contributor)
Satterfield, Jill (Designer)
Sandström, Phil (Lighting designer)
White, David R (Producer)
White, David R (Performer)
Aural Fixation (Firm) (Contributor)
Dance Theater Workshop (Producer)
Video D Studios (Videographer)
Dudek, Tina (Director)
Dudek, Tina (Performer)
Satterfield, Jill (Costume designer)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1989 (Approximate)
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 4896
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-5898 (former)
Subjects
Dance Theater Workshop
Drama
Ghost writer (Theater piece : Dudek and Van Tieghem)
Genres
Notes
Statement Of Responsibility: presented by Dance Theater Workshop ; conceived and written by Tina Dudek and David Van Tieghem ; [stage] direction and choreography by Tina Dudek ; original music by David Van Tieghem.
Content: Accompanied by house program.
Content: Another recording (close shot) of this play appears on *MGZIC 9-5859.
Creation/Production Credits: Sound design, Aural Fixation ; set and costumes, Jill Satterfield ; slides, Charlie Mendoza and James Hastings ; portrait by Richard F. Van Tieghem (based on a photograph by Deborah Feingold) ; lighting, Phil Sandström ; Italian translations, Elisa Cognigni ; production coordinator, Lauren Schneider ; executive producer, David White.
Performers: David Van Tieghem (Bruce Pidgeon, the ghost writer) ; Tina Dudek (Sarah Wickham, the ghost) ; E.J. Henzel (Dan Halstead, the plumber/Morgan Halstead, second mate on a whaling ship) ; Linda Mancini (Signorina Angelina Contadina, owner of the house) ; Hilary Easton (Peggy Simpson, the girl next door) ; Madeline Mancini (Helen Trent, the reporter) ; Bruce's city pals: Charlie Mendoza (Charlie Norelco, the professor), Lisa Love (Terry Ryan, the actress/Bruce's old girlfriend), Patricia Hoffbauer (Marie Salzano, the dancer), Damon Pooser (Max Wilson, the poet), J. Damian Anastasio (Julius J. Baker, the pianist), Bill Buchen (Sammy Price, the drummer/Julius's friend) ; David Van Tieghem (Nathan Wickham, first mate on a whaling ship) ; Phil Sandström (Phil O'Donahue, the delivery man) ; David White (Paul Tergeist, the radio announcer) ; ??? (Sydney Wickham).
Venue: Videotaped in performance at Dance Theater Workshop's Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, as part of the Spring Events, on May 13, 1989, by Video D Studios.
Physical Description
Extent: 2 videocassettes (U-matic) (83 min.) : sound, color
Abstract
Play set in Lighthouse Point, N.J. in spring 1949.
Languages
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY98-F3154
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b13987248
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ee94a470-4b61-0133-4702-60f81dd2b63c
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1989
Cite this item
MLA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The ghost writer" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1989. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ee94a470-4b61-0133-4702-60f81dd2b63c
APA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1989). The ghost writer Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ee94a470-4b61-0133-4702-60f81dd2b63c
Chicago/Turabian Format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The ghost writer" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ee94a470-4b61-0133-4702-60f81dd2b63c
Wikipedia citation
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