Video Work: Documentation of "Carmilla" (1972)
Audio/Visual
This video documents the ETC Company’s 1972 production of "Carmilla” at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club. The play is Wilford Leach and John Braswell’s adaptation of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu’s 19th century Gothic vampire novella, and was part of the ETC Company’s first 5-Play Repertory. This Repertory also featured ”Demon,” “Gertrude,” “The Only Jealousy of Emer,” and “Renard.” The video was originally shot using a Portapak camera, and camera originals are spread across three separate half-inch open reels (numbered B3, B4, and B59b in La MaMa's collection).
Video documentation of earlier and later productions of “Carmilla” at La MaMa is contained on Reels B3a, B3b, and B23 (1971), Reels C6 and C7 (1973), and Reels F13 and F14 (1976) in La MaMa’s collection.
Researchers interested in viewing this material should contact La MaMa's Archives at archives@lamama.org.
Video documentation of earlier and later productions of “Carmilla” at La MaMa is contained on Reels B3a, B3b, and B23 (1971), Reels C6 and C7 (1973), and Reels F13 and F14 (1976) in La MaMa’s collection.
Researchers interested in viewing this material should contact La MaMa's Archives at archives@lamama.org.
screenshot from "Carmilla" (1972)
Recording date: January 1972
Recording date: February 1972
Recording date: February 1972
English
OBJ.1972.0059
1/2 inch open reel, Mp4
The ETC Company of La MaMa (performer), Margaret Benczak (performer), Sandra Johnson (performer), Donald Arrington (performer), Murrell Gehman (performer), Camille Tibaldeo (performer), John Braswell (performer), Joseph Sheridan LeFanu (author), Ben Johnston (music), Wilford Leach (playwright), John Braswell (director), Wilford Leach (director), Jack Coddington (tech), Zizi Mueller (music), Margot Lewitin (contributor), Richard Laws (contributor), Mitchell Kurtz (tech), Richard Schroeder (tech), Dean Kelso (music), Richard Cohen (music), Charles Madden (music), Bill Elliott (music), Glen Velez (music), John Braswell (music)
La Mama Experimental Theatre Club, Leach, Wilford, 1929-1988, Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan, 1814-1873. Carmilla, ETC Company of La Mama, Braswell, John, Mueller, Zizi, Off Off-Broadway theater, Lesbian vampires, Gothic fiction (Literary genre), Audio-visual materials, Theatrical companies, Repertory theater, Ireland, New York (State)
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