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George L. Aiken's 1852 dramatization of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's cabin. Issued for the 2011 Harriet Beecher Stowe bicentennial, this updated DVD puts the novel and play of Uncle Tom's Cabin into its proper literary, theatrical and societal contexts. Teachers, stu...

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Other Authors: Aiken, George L., 1830-1876, Jiji, Vera, 1928-, Benkoczy, Raymond, Duckler, Marvin, Hatcher, Robyn, Robinson, Nathaniel, Davies, Bryce, Patterson, Charles H., Mitler, Matt, Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2010]
Subjects:
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, > 1811-1896. > Uncle Tom's cabin > Drama.
Slavery > United States > Drama.
Uncle Tom's cabin (Stowe, Harriet Beecher)
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Summary:George L. Aiken's 1852 dramatization of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's cabin. Issued for the 2011 Harriet Beecher Stowe bicentennial, this updated DVD puts the novel and play of Uncle Tom's Cabin into its proper literary, theatrical and societal contexts. Teachers, students, American history buffs and church study groups alike will benefit from this comprehensive program, containing two different staged versions of the play and a 138 page PDF source book of reviews, articles and original source materials. - Publisher.
Item Description:"In 1982, the National Endowment for the Humanities funded this revision of George Aiken's 1852 version. In 1984, it won Honorable Mention in an American Film Festival."--Container.
"The DVD includes three items: 1. An edited dramatization of George Aiken's Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), condensed to a classroom hour of fifty minutes. 2. The vintage 1903 Thomas A. Edison silent film put together from then current versions of the play. 3. A sourcebook containing over twenty articles about Uncle Tom's Cabin written between the 1850s and 2006"--Insert.
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Physical Description:1 videodisc (50 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert.
Format:DVD.
Production Credits:Project director and executive producer, Vera Jiji ; Camera, Jonathan Hochberg ; lighting, Max Duckler ; sound, Eli Tishberg ; musical coordinator, Charles H. Patterson.