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Summary:

Created from The Wooster Group's production of The Emperor Jones by Eugene O'Neill and directed by Elizabeth LeCompte, this video re-conception by Christopher Kondek and LeCompte features performances by the OBIE-winning Kate Valk as the Emperor Jones, and Willem Dafoe, with original music by David Linton. Includes excerpts from the 1992 work-in-progress version staged at The Performing Garage in New York, N.Y., and two complete performances taped in 2009, at The Goodman Theater in Chicago, Illinois, and at The HK Cultural Center in Hong Kong, China.

Table of Contents:

• The Emperor Jones video reconception (2000; ca. 40 min.)
• Hong Kong Arts Festival, 2009 (ca. 54 min.)
• O'Neill Festival in Chicago, 2009 (ca. 53 min.)
• Work in progress excerpts, 1992 (ca. 13 min.).

Contributors:

Kondek, Christopher , film director, designer

LeCompte, Elizabeth , film director

Valk, Kate , actor

Dafoe, Willem , actor

Linton, David, 1967- , composer

Dobson, Dan , designer

Johnson, James "J.J." , designer

Collins, John, 1969 October 17- , designer

Whitener, Kim , film producer

Hapaz, Clay , film producer

O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953

Wooster Group , production company, publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

In English.

Main Work:

Emperor Jones (Motion picture : 2009)

Related Works:

Motion picture adaptation of: Emperor Jones [by O'Neill, E.]

Alternate Titles:

At had of title on container: Eugene O'Neill's

Subjects:

O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953 — Adaptations

African Americans — Drama

Escaped prisoners — Drama

Political corruption — Drama

Caribbean Area — Drama

Experimental theater — New York (State) — New York

Experimental theater — Illinois — Chicago

Experimental theater — China — Hong Kong

O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953

African Americans

Escaped prisoners

Political corruption

Experimental theater

Caribbean Area

New York (State) — New York

Illinois — Chicago

China — Hong Kong

Genres:

Motion pictures

Film adaptations

Filmed performances

Experimental films

Experimental drama

Drama

Feature films

Fiction films

Adaptations

System Details:

DVD.

Performers:

Cast: Video adaptation: Kate Valk, Willem Dafoe.
Cast: Performing Garage, New York: Kate Valk, Willem Dafoe.
Cast: Goodman Theater, Chicago: Kate Valk, Ari Fliakos, Scott Shepherd.
Cast: HK Cultural Center, Hong Kong, China: Kate Valk, Ari Fliakos, Scott Shepherd.

Production Credits:

Video adaptation: music score, David Linton ; sound, Dan Dobson, James "J.J." Johnson, and John Collins ; titles, Philip Bussmann ; production staff, Kim Whitener and Clay Hapaz.
Stage versions: music score, David Linton ; video score, Christopher Kondek ; set, Jim Clayburgh ; lighting, Jennifer Tipton (Chicago and Hong Kong) and Clay Shirky (New York) ; assistant directors, Clay Hapaz (Chicago and Hong Kong) and Peyton Smith (New York) ; sound, Geoff Abbas & Matt Schloss (Chicago and Hong Kong) and James "J.J." Johnson & Andrew Bellware (New York) ; production staff, Bozkurt Karasu & Teresa Hartmann (Chicago and Hong Kong) and Eric Dyer, Clay Hapaz & Victor Morales (New York).

General Notes:

Videotaped in various locations between 1992 and 2009.
"Video length: 40 minutes; total material: 160 minutes"--Publisher's website.
Bonus features: arvi

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (40 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video

Call Numbers:

EMP 2000 DVD

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 616892070269

OCLC Numbers:

686731880