Plenary proposals sought

[Denis Salter]

Subject: Plenary proposals sought


> TLA PLENARY AT ASTR
> CALL FOR PAPERS:  Conference Theme - WRITING AND PERFORMANCE
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> American Society for Theatre Research-Theatre Library Association
> Annual Conference
> Toronto, Canada - November 2005
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> Hiding in Plain Sight?:  "Lost" Plays, Rediscovered Masterpieces and
> Performance Reconstruction
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> Due to history's ravages and neglect, we tend to romanticize and
> aestheticize fragments and unfinished works - whether it be papyrus
> scrolls, the Venus de Milo, or Buchner's Woyzeck.  Recent times have
> seen the discovery of a "new" play by Aeschylus on a clay tablet in a
> muddy cave in Greece; Langston Hughes' and Zora Neale Hurston's Mule
> Bone; Tennessee Williams' lost screenplay, One Arm; the reediting of
> Orson Welles' Touch of Evil based on a comprehensive 56-page document of
> his instructions; and recovered American silent film reels mislabeled in
> central European film vaults.
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> How do libraries and archives aid in the preservation and
> reconstruction of these works - or do they unwittingly contribute to
> their neglect?  When reconstruction is based on an artist's notes or
> instructions, are their original intentions respected?  Is
> reinterpretation unavoidable, or do the benefits of new technologies and
> historical hindsight deepen our aesthetic experience?
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> DEADLINE IS MARCH 15, 2005.
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> Please send proposals to:
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> Kenneth Schlesinger, Chair, TLA Plenary Committee
> Library Media Resources Center
> LaGuardia Community College/CUNY
> 31-10 Thomson Avenue, E-101
> Long Island City, New York  11101
> 718/482-5432
> 718/609-2011 (FAX)
> kschlesinger at lagcc.cuny.edu
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> Kevin Winkler
> Chief Librarian, Circulating Collections
> New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
> 40 Lincoln Center Plaza
> New York, NY  10023
> (212) 870-1620 (phone)
> (212) 870-1704 (fax)
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