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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

Filmed Performances

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

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY98-F3154
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b13987248
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ee94a470-4b61-0133-4702-60f81dd2b63c

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

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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