Five sisters : women against the Tsar / produced by Marcia Danab, Gail Pellett and Helene Schiff.

PRA Archive #:

BC3054

Dramatic readings from the memoirs of five anti-Tsarist anarchist women from the populist revolutionary movement of 1870’s and 1880’s in TSarist Russia. Includes interviews with Barbara Engel and Clifford Rosenthal, translators and editors of the book “Five sisters: women against the Tsar” (Alfred A. Knopf, 1975). The “five sisters” are Vera Figner, Vera Zasulich, Olga Lyubatovich, Yelizaveta Kovalskaya, and Praskovya Ivanovskaya. The readers are Marianne Leone, Marcia Bloomberg, Dianne DeLorean, Dorothy Lancaster and Beth Friend. Special thanks to Beth Avrutin. Produced by Marcia Danab, Gail Pellett and Helene Schiff. Readers recorded by Adrienne Piscitello. Technical production by David Rapkin.

Date Recorded On:

ca. 27 Jan. 1976.

Date Broadcast On:

WBAI, 27 Jan. 1976.

Item Duration:

2 reels (97 min.) : 7 1/2 ips, mono.

Total Duration (All Reels):

Station:
View Folio: WBAI Folio, January 1976, p. 12
Program: Five sisters : women against the Tsar / produced by Marcia Danab, Gail Pellett and Helene Schiff.
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Contributors:
Producer: Marcia Danab
Producer: Gail Pellett
Producer: Helene Schiff
Interviewee: Barbara Engel
Interviewee: Clifford Rosenthal
Engineer: Adrienne Piscitello
Engineer: David Rapkin
Genres: ,
Asset Type:
Distributor: Distributor
Rights Summary:

RESTRICTED. Permissions, licensing requests, Curriculum Initiative, Campus Campaign and all other inquiries should be directed to: Mark Torres, Archives Director, 800-735-0230, Mark@PacificaRadioArchives.org

Availability Notice:

This recording has been digitally preserved as part of Pacifica’s American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 grant preservation project, and is available for research and reference . Please contact the archives via telephone: 818-506-1077 or email:  americanwomen at pacificaradioarchives dot org for information on how to obtain a copy of this program. Thank you.


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  • pbcoreIdentifier
    • PRA Archive #: BC3054
  • pbcoreTitle
    • Program: Five sisters : women against the Tsar / produced by Marcia Danab, Gail Pellett and Helene Schiff.
  • pbcoreRightsSummary
    • rightsSummary

      RESTRICTED. Permissions, licensing requests, Curriculum Initiative, Campus Campaign and all other inquiries should be directed to: Mark Torres, Archives Director, 800-735-0230, Mark@PacificaRadioArchives.org

  • pbcorePublisher
    • Distributor: Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archive, 1976.
  • pbcoreContributor
    • Producer: Marcia Danab
    • Producer: Gail Pellett
    • Producer: Helene Schiff
    • Interviewee: Barbara Engel
    • Interviewee: Clifford Rosenthal
    • Engineer: Adrienne Piscitello
    • Engineer: David Rapkin