Supporting Materials

These supporting materials are referenced in the Commentary (printed version).  All materials are provided here.

The online version of the commentary embeds supporting materials in the flow of text.

Paper-based materials can also be found in the booklet accompanying the commentary.

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Video of the performance of 4.48 Psychosis, Saturday 28th May 2016, Lyric Theatre Hammersmith.

(video available on request)

 

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Interview with Ted Huffman and Philip Venables by Samira Ahmed on Front Row, BBC Radio 4, 24th May 2016.

 

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View here: Evans, G. L., 2016, The Composer as Auteur: Sarah Kane’s 4.48 Psychosis as an Opera (Unpublished). Conference paper given June 16th 2016 at the the Music Theatre Working Group, International Federation of Theatre Research Conference: ‘Presenting the Theatrical Past’, Stockholm University, Sweden.

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Two articles written for the programme book for the production of the opera. Programme book available here.

SM.4.1

View here: Delgado-Garcia, C., Sing without hope, tender with trust.

SM.4.2

View here: Fallas, J. A new kind of opera.

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A detailed version of the scene plan of 4.48 Psychosis. This was a working document for the composer during the composition process and a useful summary for the production team during rehearsals. (Click on it for a larger version in a new tab.)

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View here: A complete personnel list for the production.

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Selected working diagrams related to pre-compositional analysis of structure, narrative and dramaturgy in the source text. (Click on them for larger versions in a new tab.)

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Audio recordings of each scene in Year 3 workshops.  (NB: These recordings are low volume.)

SM.8.1 Scene 3

 

SM.8.2 Scene 4

 

SM.8.3 Scenes 7 & 8

 

SM.8.4 Scene 9

 

SM.8.5 Scene 10

 

SM.8.6 Scene 13

 

SM.8.7 Scene 15

 

SM.8.8 Scene 16

 

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The recordings of the two voiceover options in Scene 14

SM.9.1 Christian Burgess (male voice)

 

SM.9.2 Susanna Hurrell (cast member, female voice)

 

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View here: The full score for the first version of Scene 16

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The voiceover recording of Sarah Fahie screaming the text of Scene 16.

 

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View here: The full score for the first version of Scene 9

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View here: The full score for Scene 1 of Unleashed (Philip Venables & Nick Blackburn, 2012, unpublished)

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A video of an excerpt of Scene 1 of Unleashed (work-in-progress performance at the Grimeborn Festival, 2012).

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View here: The full score of Illusions (2015, University of York Music Press Ltd., reprinted with permission)

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SM.16.1

Video of the excerpt of Illusions (2015) referred to in the commentary (Section 2, ‘fleshy tube’)

SM.16.2

The complete video of Illusions (2015)

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SM.17.1

View here: The full score of the first (live-performance) version of Scene 5B.

SM.17.2

View here: An example vocal part – Clare.

SM.17.3

View here: An example instrumental part – Saxophone M.

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The tape part for Scene 5B

SM.18.1

Screenshots showing the arrangement windows in Logic Pro X, for excerpts of the tape part of Scene 5B. Greyed out sections show muted parts as a result of the thinning out process.

SM.18.2

A recording of the final tape part (stereo mix).

 

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Ignas Krunglevičius – Skinner Box (2010)

SM.19.1

View here: Full score of Skinner Box (unpublished, courtesy of the composer).

SM.19.2

An excerpt (beginning bar 67) from a performance of Skinner Box (unknown ensemble and location).

SM.19.3

A complete performance of Skinner Box by the NING ensemble, Bergen, 2011

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The click track for Sarah Hatch (Percussion L: Doctor) for Scene 6, showing the audio annotations / memory aides.

 

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An example of the elevator muzak used in the percussion dialogue scenes. This example was used in Scene 6.

 

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Percussion Dialogues scenes – the transcription process

SM.22.1 Scene 6

Audio of theatre workshop performance

 

SM.22.2 Scene 6

Handwritten transcription.  Click on it for a larger version in a new tab.

SM.22.3 Scene 6

Typeset transcription (draft).  Click on it for a larger version in a new tab.

SM.22.4 Scene 10

Audio of theatre workshop performance

 

SM.22.5 Scene 10

Typeset transcription (draft).  Click on it for a larger version in a new tab.
(the Scene 10 handwritten transcript is missing)

SM.22.6 Scene 12

Audio of theatre workshop performance

 

SM.22.7 Scene 12

Handwritten transcription.  Click on it for a larger version in a new tab.

SM.22.8 Scene 12

Typeset transcription (draft).  Click on it for a larger version in a new tab.

SM.22.9 Scene 23

Audio of theatre workshop performance

 

SM.22.10 Scene 23

Handwritten transcription.  Click on it for a larger version in a new tab.

SM.22.11 Scene 23

Typeset transcription (draft).  Click on it for a larger version in a new tab. 

SM.23 Broadsheet and trade magazine reviews of the opera.

See them online here.

Or view them on a PDF in a new tab, as compiled for the printed commentary.