Either Or (Part 2)
| Series | |
|---|---|
| In The Dark | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| 1994-10 | |
| Cast | |
| Arthur Miller, Maude Davis, Joe Frank | |
| Format | |
| Improv Actors, Scripted Actors, 27 minutes | |
| Preceded by: | Either / Or (Part 1) |
| Followed by: | Anthology Of Love (Part 1) |
| Purchase | |
This is Joe Frank, I'm here at the Bellflower Hotel.
Either / Or (Part 2) is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series In The Dark. It was originally broadcast in 1994.
Synopsis
Joe interviews famous mime Bertram Fields (Arthur Miller) in a hotel room at the Bellflower.
Joe asks him what he would have done had he not become a mime. Fields says that he would have been a registered nurse, describes in detail how he would have practiced nursing. We hear the passionate couple next door and someone pounding on their door, yelling.
2:40: Joe asks for a taste of his upcoming performance. Fields performs 'Nothing happened', a favorite from the Decroux days.
3:40: Fields recalls a wonderful day in early autumn, lying in Elizabeth's lap after a picnic. He sleeps and dreams. His happiness is spoiled by the thought of her brother, Heinrich, an artist with a mangled hand who comes between them.
12:00: Fields remembers the night of that day. He wakes, and sees Heinrich in her face. He calls a carriage that takes him to Heinrich's sanitarium. When he arrives, Heinrich's not there, no one knows him.
14:20: This reminds Fields of the day at the academy that Professor Strawn (sp?) made him dress as a woman and whipped him as he danced. This made him feel free and stimulated him to be the best student. He met Heinrich there; Heinrich failed out.
17:40: Joe tells us why he's always hated mime, cites its clichés. He mentions the 'mime defense' against conviction, cites the case of a fellow who murdered his family after watching 2 performances in a row.
20:00: The phone rings. Fields answers it. We hear his half of a discussion of - a performance?
21:30: Joe tells us he wants what we've just heard to stay with us: under our skin, in our veins and kidneys. He wants us to write a paper about it, submit a detailed medical history, a cashier's check…
23:10: Joe's disconcerted by the passionate couple next door again, asks Fields to call the desk.
24:50: Joe talks about the lovers next door.
Music
This is an incomplete record of the music in this program. If you can add more information, please do.
- "Into Dust" - Mazzy Star (from So Tonight That I Might See, 1993) | YouTube [11:52]
Additional credits
The original broadcast credits state: "[P]erformed by Arthur Miller, Joe Frank, and Maude Davis. The story editor was Farley Ziegler. Recorded and mixed by Jerry Summers. Special thanks to Jennifer Ferro and Theo Mondle."
