Benefit for the War Resisters League
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- Name
- War Resisters League (Organizer)
- Crisp, Quentin, 1908-1999 (Speaker)
- Mac Low, Jackson (Speaker)
- Tardos, Anne (Speaker)
- Kupferberg, Tuli (Speaker)
- Williams, Crystal, 1970- (Speaker)
- Cabico, Regie (Speaker)
- Ben Israel, Steve (Speaker)
- Seymour, Chris (Performer)
- Bartenieff, George (Speaker)
- Living Theatre (New York, N.Y.) (Performer)
- Fass, Bob, 1933-2021 (Host former owner)
- Title
- Benefit for the War Resisters League
- Abstract
- Hosted by Bob Fass and an unidentified person, plus Matt Meyer (War Resisters League secretary), featuring readings and performances by Quentin Crisp, Jackson Mac Low, Anne Tardos, Tuli Kupferberg, Crystal Williams, Reggie Cabico, Steve Ben Israel, Chris Seymour, George Bartenieff and others as well as a performance by The Living Theatre in protest of the death penalty
- Collection Name
- Bob Fass papers, circa 1960-2011
- Archival Context
- Series III: Bootlegs, Demo Tapes, and Other Live Recordings, 1962-2011. Subseries III.2: Bootlegs and live recordings, 1952-2004, undated. Box no. Box 157
- Subjects
- Peace movements; New York (N.Y.); War Resisters League
- Format
- video recordings
- Genre
- Filmed performances; Benefit performances
- Origin Information
- New York (N.Y.)
- Date
- 1996 February 29
- Physical Description
- 1 video file (color ; 120 minutes)
- Note (Bf number)
- BF4055
- Note
- Original format: VHS
- VHS cassette
- Base material: Polyester
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/dfcx-g916