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City (television program).

Title: City (television program). [The black rider] [videorecording].
Publication: 1990.

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Description

1 videodisc (DVD) (37 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Discussion of The black rider, a theatrical collaboration between Robert Wilson, Tom Waits, and William S. Burroughs. Hosts Eva Maek-Gérard and Martin Lüdke question guests Andrzej Wirth and Gerhard Stadelmaier about theatrical aspects of the production. Includes footage of interviews with Wilson, Waits, and Burroughs, as well as rehearsals and excerpts of scenes from the premiere, presumably excerpted from the Theo Janssen and Ralph Quinke documentary (NCOX 3005).

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation.

Series Statement

Robert Wilson Audio/Visual Collection

Subjects

Genre/Form

Television.
Documentaries and factual works.
Interviews.

Note

Donor's inventory number: BLR DOC 01.
Audio quality is erratic.
Includes excerpts from the theatrical production of The black rider: direction and stage design, Robert Wilson ; music and lyrics, Tom Waits ; text, William S. Burroughs ; musical director, Greg Cohen ; musical arrangement, Greg Cohen and Tom Waits ; costume design, Frida Parmeggiani ; light design, Heinrich Brunke and Robert Wilson ; sound design, Gerd Bessler ; translation, Udo Breger and Wolfgang Wiens.
At ca. 34 min. program segues into a discussion of a new art exhibition in Frankfurt. Recording ends abruptly 3 minutes into this segment.

Access (note)

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Language (note)

In German and English; songs in English.

Call Number

NCOX 3009

OCLC

NYPG03-F392

Title

City (television program). [The black rider] [videorecording].

Imprint

1990.

Country of Producing Entity

Germany.

Series

Robert Wilson Audio/Visual Collection

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Performer

Hosts: Eva Maek-Gérard, Martin Lüdke.

Guests: Andrzej Wirth, Gerhard Stadelmaier.

Actors in excerpts: Stefan Kurt, Annette Paulmann, Angelika Thomas, Klaus Schreiber, Dominique Horwitz, Sona Cervena, Monika Tahal, Jörg Holm, Susi Eisenkolb, Heinz Vossbrink, Jan Moritz Steffan, Gerd Kunath.

Language

In German and English; songs in English.

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Added Author

Maek-Gérard, Eva, 1942- interviewer.

Lüdke, Martin, interviewer.

Wirth, Andrzej, interviewee.

Stadelmaier, Gerhard, 1950- interviewee.

Janssen, Theo, director.

Quinke, Ralph, director.

Kurt, Stefan, 1959- performer.

Paulmann, Annette, 1964- performer.

Thomas, Angelika, 1946- performer.

Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997, interviewee.

Waits, Tom, 1949- interviewee.

Schreiber, Klaus, 1959- performer.

Holm, Jörg, performer.

Červená, Soňa, 1925-2023, performer.

Tahal, Monika, performer.

Steffen, Jan Moritz, performer.

Eisenkolb, Susi, performer.

Vossbrink, Heinz, performer.

Horwitz, Dominique, performer.

Kunath, Gerd, performer.

Parmeggiani, Frida, costume designer.

Cohen, Greg, interviewee.

Cohen, Greg, conductor.

Brunke, Heinrich, lighting designer.

Bessler, Gerd, sound designer.

Breger, Udo, translator.

Wiens, Wolfgang, translator.

Thalia Theater (Hamburg, Germany)

Research Call Number

NCOX 3009

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