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Additional authors

1. McDonagh, Don.
2. Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Description

1. 1 sound disc (ca. 59 min.) : digital, stereo; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Disc 1 (ca. 59 min.). Keene Curtis speaks with Don McDonagh about working as Martha Graham's stage manager in the 1950s and 1960s; film acting in L.A., and moving to N.Y. in 1947; working at Henry Street Theater, starting as assistant stage manager for Graham's company, then becoming stage manager; touring with Graham, first in New England, and then to Europe and Asia; working with, and learning lighting techniques from, Jean Rosenthal; Jean Rosenthal's influence; touring with the Graham company on buses, including anecdotes about Graham wearing a veil as she slept; Erick Hawkins' role in the company, and Curtis's opinion of him; creating a stage direction bible used by the company to rebuild sets and stage plots; working for the actress, Katharine Cornell; Graham dancers and various anecdotes about personalities and performances; early criticism of Graham by audiences and people's misunderstanding of her art; Graham's interest in stage aesthetics; touring with Graham in Israel; Graham's issues regarding alcohol consumption [abrupt end].

Subject

1. Curtis, Keene, 1923-2002 > Interviews
2. Stage managers
3. Martha Graham Dance Company
4. Dance company tours
5. Cornell, Katharine, 1893-1974 > Influence
6. Rosenthal, Jean, 1912-1969 > Influence
7. Graham, Martha

Call number

1. *MGZTL 4-2559

Note

1. Interview with Keene Curtis conducted by Don McDonagh on July 24, 1993.
2. Each disc ends abruptly.
3. Open as of August 22, 2012.

Funding (note)

1. Recording was preserved through a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Source (note)

1. Don McDonagh;

Author

1. Curtis, Keene, 1923-2002, interviewee.

Title

1. Interview with Keene Curtis [sound recording].

Imprint

1. 1993.

Funding

1. Recording was preserved through a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Local note

1. Archive orig. : *MGZTCO 3-2559
2. Dubbing master : *MGZTD 4-2559

Source

1. Gift; Don McDonagh; 2007

Local subject

1. Dance company tours.

Added author

1. McDonagh, Don. Interviewer
2. McDonagh, Don. Donor
3. Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Research call number

1. *MGZTL 4-2559 sound disc