← La MaMa home ← archives

Video Work: Documentation of "Pierre, or the Ambiguities" (1974)

Audio/Visual

This video documents the 1974 La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club production of “Pierre, or, the Ambiguities”. The production, based on Herman Melville’s 1852 novel, was directed by Walter Leyden Brown. The production was presented by Cellar Forty-Seven, with music by Calvin Hampton. Prior to the production, Ellen Stewart gives a short welcome and introduction. This video was originally shot using a Portapak camera, and camera originals are spread across two separate half-inch open reels (numbered D33 and D34 in La MaMa’s collection).

Researchers interested in viewing this material should contact La MaMa's Archives at archives@lamama.org.
Recording date: June 19, 1974
English
OBJ.1974.0260
1/2 inch open reel, Mp4
Herman Melville (author), Walter Leyden Brown (director), Cellar Forty-Seven (contributor), Calvin Hampton (music)
Pierre, Or The Ambiguities
Herman Melville's "Pierre, Or The Ambiguities" (1974)
Program and flyer: "Herman Melville's 'Pierre, or The Ambiguities'" (1974)
Program and flyer: "Herman Melville's 'Pierre, or The Ambiguities'" (1974)
La Mama Experimental Theatre Club, Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Pierre, Hampton, Calvin, Audio-visual materials, Off Off-Broadway theater, Stage adaptations, New York (State)