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|data2 = [[WBAI And NPR Playhouse]] | |data2 = [[WBAI And NPR Playhouse]] | ||
|header3 = Original Broadcast Date | |header3 = Original Broadcast Date | ||
|data4 = 6/8/[[1979]] | |data4 = 6/8/[[:Category:1979|1979]] | ||
|header5 = Cast | |header5 = Cast | ||
|data6 = [[ | |data6 = [[Annalee Jefferies]], [[Arthur Miller]], [[Paul Mantell]], [[Rosemary Foley]], [[Eric Sears]], [[Tim Jerome]], [[Matt Bassford]], [[Lester Nafzger]], Joe Frank | ||
|header7 = Format | |header7 = Format | ||
|data8 = [[:Category:Sound Effects|Sound Effects]], [[:Category:Absurd Monologue|Absurd Monologue]], [[:Category:Scripted Actors|Scripted Actors]], [[:Category:Improv Actors|Improv Actors]], [[:Category:Panel Discussion|Panel Discussion]], | |data8 = [[:Category:Sound Effects|Sound Effects]], [[:Category:Absurd Monologue|Absurd Monologue]], [[:Category:Scripted Actors|Scripted Actors]], [[:Category:Improv Actors|Improv Actors]], [[:Category:Panel Discussion|Panel Discussion]], 59 minutes | ||
|header9 = Chronology | |header9 = Chronology | ||
|label10= Preceded by: | |label10= Preceded by: | ||
|label11= Followed by: | |label11= Followed by: | ||
|data10 = [[ | |data10 = [[The Death Of Trotsky]] | ||
|data11 = [[Summer Notes]] | |data11 = [[Summer Notes]] | ||
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''They stood at the water's edge, the waves mounting, then crashing and sweeping up the coastline...'' | ''They stood at the water's edge, the waves mounting, then crashing and sweeping up the coastline...'' | ||
'''Arena''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[WBAI And NPR Playhouse]]. It was originally broadcast in [[1979]]. | '''Arena''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[WBAI And NPR Playhouse]]. It was originally broadcast in [[:Category:1979|1979]]. | ||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
"Solea" (Miles Davis, <i>Sketches of Spain</i>) | |||
1:20: Sound of a typewriter, then Joe's voice narrating a story about 2 people, José (a bullfighter - [[Tim Jerome]]) and Susanna ([[Annalee Jefferies]]?), at the shore, watching the waves crash, 'and to him they (the waves) were like bulls, they kept on coming, one after another, in stubborn and despairing fortitude'.<ref>An homage to how [[Eighty Yard Run | 1:20: Sound of a typewriter, then Joe's voice narrating a story about 2 people, José (a bullfighter - [[Tim Jerome]]) and Susanna ([[Annalee Jefferies]]?), at the shore, watching the waves crash, 'and to him they (the waves) were like bulls, they kept on coming, one after another, in stubborn and despairing fortitude'.<ref>An homage to how [[The Eighty Yard Run]] ended?</ref> | ||
1:50: José and Susanna take up the story themselves. José's mother took him to the shore when he was a child, rubbed them (her children) against the rock to get them clean. She's head over heels in love with him. He tells bullfighting stories. | 1:50: José and Susanna take up the story themselves. José's mother took him to the shore when he was a child, rubbed them (her children) against the rock to get them clean. She's head over heels in love with him. He tells bullfighting stories. | ||
5:50: | 5:50: "Music for 18 Musicians" (Steve Reich). | ||
6:20: July 15 - Joe complains that he can't get the beach scene right, wonders why characters he writes can cause him such frustration, as though they had lives of their own. | 6:20: July 15 - Joe complains that he can't get the beach scene right, wonders why characters he writes can cause him such frustration, as though they had lives of their own. | ||
6:40: Joe wonders, 'When will that book on Dominguín arrive?'<ref> | 6:40: Joe wonders, 'When will that book on Dominguín arrive?'<ref> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Miguel_Domingu%C3%ADn Luis Miguel Dominguín] was a famous bullfighter. Thanks to Chris Pirazzi for this reading.</ref> | ||
7:20: [[Arthur Miller]] remembers when he was a child and first learning to read. His father, also a psycho-anthropologist, gave him <i>Black beauty</i>, which terrified him. A woman ([[Rosemary Foley]], [[Avery Hart]] are the other women in the cast) avers that people write to purge their pain. Another man ([[Lester Nafzger]]?) enters the discussion.<ref>I haven't figured out how many voices are in this segment.</ref> | 7:20: [[Arthur Miller]] remembers when he was a child and first learning to read. His father, also a psycho-anthropologist, gave him <i>Black beauty</i>, which terrified him. A woman ([[Rosemary Foley]], [[Avery Hart]] are the other women in the cast) avers that people write to purge their pain. Another man ([[Lester Nafzger]]?) enters the discussion.<ref>I haven't figured out how many voices are in this segment.</ref> | ||
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40: A redneck couple argues the relative merits of watching television (his preference) and reading (hers). | 40: A redneck couple argues the relative merits of watching television (his preference) and reading (hers). | ||
44:20: To prove that TV has culture, the guy tunes to a performance by fast pianist Alan Baron. Joe's the host, takes calls, Lester Ainsley (sp? - [[Lester Nafzger]]), another fast pianist calls in. He's angry that Alan Baron won't have a piano-off with him; Baron says Ainsley's a famous pest on the fast piano league. They have an angry argument.<ref>Re-used in [[Emergency Room]]</ref> | 44:20: To prove that TV has culture, the guy tunes to a performance by fast pianist Alan Baron. Joe's the host, takes calls, Lester Ainsley (sp? - [[Lester Nafzger]]), another fast pianist calls in. He's angry that Alan Baron won't have a piano-off with him; Baron says Ainsley's a famous pest on the fast piano league. They have an angry argument.<ref>originally aired in [[Laughing Back - A Movie For Radio]]</ref><ref>Re-used in [[Emergency Room]]</ref> | ||
50: A meeting of 'Consciousness-lowering' (CL), most (all?) of the panel.<ref>Re-used in [[ | 50: A meeting of 'Consciousness-lowering' (CL), most (all?) of the panel.<ref>Re-used in [[Till You're Gone]]</ref> | ||
55:50: November 13 - Joe walks along the shore, collecting stones, sees a dead whale; his bathroom is messy. | 55:50: November 13 - Joe walks along the shore, collecting stones, sees a dead whale; his bathroom is messy. | ||
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</div> </div> | </div> </div> | ||
== | == Music == | ||
{{Solea (Miles Davis) }} [Intro] | |||
{{Music For 18 Musicians (Steve Reich)}} [5:52] | |||
== | == Shared material == | ||
* [[Laughing Back - A Movie For Radio]] | |||
* [[Arena (Remix)]] | |||
* [[Till You're Gone]] | |||
* [[Emergency Room]] | |||
== | == Additional credits == | ||
The original broadcast credits state: "Written and produced by Joe Frank. Directed by [[Arthur Miller]], with sound by [[David Rapkin]]. Performers included [[Annalee Jefferies]], Arthur Miller, [[Paul Mantell|Bernie Mantell]], [[Rosemary Foley]], [[Eric Sears]], Joe Frank, and [[Tim Jerome]] as the bullfighter and God." | |||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
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[[Category:Matt Bassford]] | [[Category:Matt Bassford]] | ||
[[Category:1979]] | [[Category:1979]] | ||
[[Category:Show]][[Category:Show_by_date|19790608]] | [[Category:Show]] | ||
[[Category:Show_by_date|19790608]] {{Airdate|airdate=1979-06-08}} | |||
[[Category:WBAI And NPR Playhouse]] | |||
{{Series|series=WBAI And NPR Playhouse}}{{Cast|cast=[[Annalee Jefferies]], [[Arthur Miller]], [[Paul Mantell]], [[Rosemary Foley]], [[Eric Sears]], [[Tim Jerome]], [[Matt Bassford]], [[Lester Nafzger]], Joe Frank }} | |||