Rockaby

Duration: 58

Year Published: 1982

Creator: Pennebaker Associates

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Actress Billie Whitelaw and director Alan Schneider, meeting for the first time, create a new play written for this event by Samuel Beckett. Shows the process of bringing the playwright's short play, Rockaby, to the stage including costuming, lighting and rehearsals. Concludes with a complete performance of the work with Billie Whitelaw starring as an aged woman coming to terms with death. , Presents the play Rockaby by Samuel Beckett. Follows the British actress Billie Whitelaw, and American director Alan Schneider as they create, rehearse and premiere Rockaby. By D A Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.

Complete Record: Actress Billie Whitelaw and director Alan Schneider, meeting for the first time, create a new play written for this event by Samuel Beckett. Shows the process of bringing the playwright's short play, Rockaby, to the stage including costuming, lighting and rehearsals. Concludes with a complete performance of the work with Billie Whitelaw starring as an aged woman coming to terms with death. , Presents the play Rockaby by Samuel Beckett. Follows the British actress Billie Whitelaw, and American director Alan Schneider as they create, rehearse and premiere Rockaby. By D A Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.