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The concept
- Title
- The concept [videorecording] / Mortimer Levitt and Arthur Cantor present the Daytop Theatre Company ; staged by Jacobina Caro.
- Publication
- [between 1968 and 1969]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Moving image | Restricted use | NCOV 106 | Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 2 videocassettes (80 min.) : sd., b&w, NTSC; 3/4 in. (U-matic)
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Drama.
- Note
- Cassette 2: audio only for the last 6 min.
- A partly scripted/partly improvised production, written and performed by residents of Daytop Village, a therapeutic community of ex-drug addicts on Staten Island, N.Y.
- Access (note)
- Restricted to qualified researchers.
- Performer (note)
- Performed by three alternate casts, all residents of Daytop Village.
- Event (note)
- Videotaped at the Pocket Theatre, New York, N.Y., in 1968 or 1969.
- Biography (note)
- The concept was first performed experimentally in Oct. 1967 at Cafe La Mama, New York, N.Y. It opened May 6, 1968 at the Sheridan Square Playhouse, New York, N.Y. but was cancelled in Nov. due to political problems at Daytop Village. It reopened at the Gramercy Arts Theatre, Aug. 21, 1969. It was revived in 1986, listed as the conception of Lawrence Sackarow, who also directed the revival.
- Call Number
- NCOV 106
- OCLC
- NYPG98-F974
- Title
- The concept [videorecording] / Mortimer Levitt and Arthur Cantor present the Daytop Theatre Company ; staged by Jacobina Caro.
- Imprint
- [between 1968 and 1969]
- Access
- Restricted to qualified researchers.
- Performer
- Performed by three alternate casts, all residents of Daytop Village.
- Event
- Videotaped at the Pocket Theatre, New York, N.Y., in 1968 or 1969.
- Biography
- The concept was first performed experimentally in Oct. 1967 at Cafe La Mama, New York, N.Y. It opened May 6, 1968 at the Sheridan Square Playhouse, New York, N.Y. but was cancelled in Nov. due to political problems at Daytop Village. It reopened at the Gramercy Arts Theatre, Aug. 21, 1969. It was revived in 1986, listed as the conception of Lawrence Sackarow, who also directed the revival.
- Added Author
- Levitt, Mortimer, 1907- producer.Cantor, Arthur, 1920-2001, producer.Caro, Jacobina, director.Daytop Theatre Company. Concept.Daytop Village, inc.
- Research Call Number
- NCOV 106