Video Work: Documentation of "Carmilla" (1971)
Audio/Visual
This video documents the ETC Company’s 1971 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 B3a, B3b, and B23 in La MaMa's collection).
Video documentation of later productions of “Carmilla” at La MaMa is contained on Reels B3, B4, and B59b (1972), 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 later productions of “Carmilla” at La MaMa is contained on Reels B3, B4, and B59b (1972), 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" (1971)
Recording date: April 1971
English
OBJ.1971.0367
1/2 inch open reel, Mp4
2 reels
The ETC Company of La MaMa (performer), Joseph Sheridan LeFanu (author), Wilford Leach (playwright), Ben Johnston (music), Jack Coddington (tech), Wilford Leach (director), James Cuomo (music), Nick Lyndon (tech), George Lindsey (tech), Richard Laws (tech), Margaret Benczak (performer), Nancy Heikin (performer), Murrell Gehman (performer), Donald Arrington (performer), Linda Jones (performer), John Braswell (performer)
La Mama Experimental Theatre Club, Leach, Wilford, 1929-1988, ETC Company of La Mama, Braswell, John, Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan, 1814-1873. Carmilla, Heikin, Nancy, Gothic fiction (Literary genre), Lesbian vampires, Off Off-Broadway theater, Audio-visual materials, Theatrical companies, Repertory theater, Ireland, New York (State)