Brace up! /

The Wooster Group began with a small group of people in 1975, and is a constantly evolving, full-time, ongoing ensemble, and member in good standing of New York City's art avant-garde. Brace Up! is Chekhov's Three sisters on-stage, as re-imagined through the prism of the Group's devel...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Wooster Group (Performer)
Other Authors:	Schmidt, Paul, 1934-1999 (Translator, Actor), See, Sheena (Actor), Valk, Kate (Actor), Roth, Beatrice, 1919- (Actor), Fliakos, Ari (Actor), Kohler, Anna (Actor), Frank, Jack (Actor), Buscemi, Josephine (Actor), Lazar, Paul (Actor), Dafoe, Willem (Actor), Shepherd, Scott (Actor), Bassin, Joel (Actor), Wilmes, Gary (Actor), Kobland, Ken (director of photography.), Lurie, John, 1952- (composer (expression)), Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Published:	[New York, N.Y.] : The Wooster Group, [2009]
Subjects:	Sisters > Drama. Man-woman relationships > Drama. Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, > 1860-1904. Experimental theater. Man-woman relationships. Russian drama. Sisters. Theater. New York (State) > New York. Film adaptations. Filmed plays. Experimental films. Nonfiction films. Filmed performances. Adaptations. Drama.

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Summary:	The Wooster Group began with a small group of people in 1975, and is a constantly evolving, full-time, ongoing ensemble, and member in good standing of New York City's art avant-garde. Brace Up! is Chekhov's Three sisters on-stage, as re-imagined through the prism of the Group's developing aesthetic. An assemblage made from three performances in April, 2003. In this filmed performance, the setting incorporates close-up recordings of the performers with continuous wide-angle footage, while simultaneously those same performers are in the background.
Item Description:	Bonus feature: a stage performance of "Brace up!" from 1993, with Peyton Smith, Karen Lashinsky, Beatrice Roth, Scott Renderer, Anna Köhler, Roy Faudree, Ron Vawter, Jeff Webster, Paul Schmidt, Clay Shirky, Dave Shelley, Linda Chapman, Kate Valk, Marianne Weems. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD; NTSC; full screen presentation.
Production Credits:	Director of photography, Ken Kobland ; original music, John Lurie, Lawrence 'Butch' Morris, Suzzy and Terre Roche ; translator, Paul Schmidt ; dramaturg, Clay Hapaz ; lighting, Jenifer Tipton ; stage video, Christopher Kondek, Feid Farrington ; set, Jim Clayburgh ; costumes, Elizabeth Jenyon.