Video Work: Documentation of "Mary Stuart" (1987)
Audio/Visual
Documentation of Denise Stoklos's Mary Stuart, performed in the First Floor Theater at La MaMa in 1987.
"The Brazilian actress Denise Stoklos, in ''Mary Stuart,'' a one-woman show at La Mama, joins centuries of actors and writers who found the story of the Queen of Scottland who was beheaded over 400 years ago on February 8th,1587. Ms. Stoklos's evocation of the Queen -abetted by recorded music by composers ranging from Milton Nascimento to Villa-Lobos, Brahms, and Donizetti - is haunting, amusing and perplexing.
Ms. Stoklos and Dacia Maraini, the Italian screenwriter and playwright who wrote the text of ''Mary Stuart,'' are more concerned with our perceptions of the Queen and our understanding of the perceptions of them by writers and composers than with the women themselves. And Ms. Stoklos's performance, partly spoken but primarily mimed, makes us question whether we really perceive anything."
--D. J. R. Bruckner, "The Stage: 'Mary Stuart'"
Content Notes: Footage is black & white. The actual performance ends at 00:51:00, b-roll remaining 7min.
This video has been digitized and is available for viewing upon request.
http://www.nytimes.com/1987/02/24/theater/the-stage-mary-stuart.html
"The Brazilian actress Denise Stoklos, in ''Mary Stuart,'' a one-woman show at La Mama, joins centuries of actors and writers who found the story of the Queen of Scottland who was beheaded over 400 years ago on February 8th,1587. Ms. Stoklos's evocation of the Queen -abetted by recorded music by composers ranging from Milton Nascimento to Villa-Lobos, Brahms, and Donizetti - is haunting, amusing and perplexing.
Ms. Stoklos and Dacia Maraini, the Italian screenwriter and playwright who wrote the text of ''Mary Stuart,'' are more concerned with our perceptions of the Queen and our understanding of the perceptions of them by writers and composers than with the women themselves. And Ms. Stoklos's performance, partly spoken but primarily mimed, makes us question whether we really perceive anything."
--D. J. R. Bruckner, "The Stage: 'Mary Stuart'"
Content Notes: Footage is black & white. The actual performance ends at 00:51:00, b-roll remaining 7min.
This video has been digitized and is available for viewing upon request.
http://www.nytimes.com/1987/02/24/theater/the-stage-mary-stuart.html
Mary Stuart screenshot
Date created: February 19, 1987
English
OBJ.1987.0541
VHS, Mp4
Gradiente VHS tape, mp4
1 videocassette
1 digital file
1 digital file
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