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Additional authors

1. Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956.
2. Bentley, Eric, 1916-2020
3. Wolpe, Stefan.
4. Sheffer, Isaiah.
5. Richards, Paul E.
6. Chaiken, Joseph.
7. Greene, Sam.
8. Estate of Jerome Robbins. dnr
9. Oral history archive.

Found in

1. Jerome Robbins Collection

Description

1. 1 sound disc (ca. 51 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Alternative title

1. Jerome Robbins Collection. Audio materials.

Subject

1. Robbins, Jerome

Contents

1. Prologue -- The race through the desert -- The end of a much-traveled road -- Dismissal of the guide at Station Han -- A conversation in dangerous territory -- At the rushing river -- The bivouac -- The end of all roads -- The shared water -- The exception and the rule -- The song of the tribunals -- The tribunal -- Epilogue.

Call number

1. *MGZTL 4-2757

Note

1. Smithsonian Folkways cast recording of a production of the play The exception and the rule that opened at the Greenwich Mews Theater, New York City, on May 10, 1965.
2. Sound quality is good, though there is some hiss and crackle arising from the original vinyl format.

Funding (note)

1. Preservation was funded by the Jerome Robbins Foundation.

Source (note)

1. Estate of Jerome Robbins

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of: Jerome Robbins Collection. Audio materials.

Author

1. Bentley, Eric, 1916-2020.

Title

1. The exception and the rule [sound recording] : cast recording / by Bertolt Brecht ; adapted by Eric Bentley; directed by Isaiah Sheffer; music by Stefan Wolpe.

Performer

1. Cast: Eric Bentley (narrator), Paul E. Richards (merchant), Joseph Chaiken (coolie), Sam Greene (guide), William Shorr (leader of second caravan), Ron Vaad (guide of second caravan, Inkeeper), Willard Bond (first policeman, associate judge, percussion), Charles Sullivan (second policeman, trumpet), Jeanette Hodge (coolie's widow), Frank Groseclose (judge, piano).

Original version

1. Original format : 1 sound cassette (ca. 51 min.; 1 7/8 in. per sec.; 2 channels). Originally recorded ca. 1975.

Funding

1. Preservation was funded by the Jerome Robbins Foundation.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of: Jerome Robbins Collection. Audio materials.

Local note

1. Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-2757 JRC

Source

1. Gift; Estate of Jerome Robbins, 1999. NN-PD

Added author

1. Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956. Author
2. Bentley, Eric, 1916-2020, narrator.
3. Wolpe, Stefan. Composer
4. Sheffer, Isaiah. Director
5. Richards, Paul E. Actor
6. Chaiken, Joseph. Actor
7. Greene, Sam. Actor
8. Estate of Jerome Robbins. Donor
9. Oral history archive.

Added title

1. Jerome Robbins Collection. Audio materials.

Found in:

1. Jerome Robbins Collection

Research call number

1. *MGZTL 4-2757