"The Loss of Nameless Things"- A Film About Oakley Hall III

A FILM ABOUT
Oakley Hall III
Directed by: Bill Rose
"The Loss of Nameless Things"
All Rights Reserved. 2006

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21ST, 2006
7:00 PM
ALBANY PUBLIC LIBRARY
MAIN AUDITORIUM
161 WASHINGTON AVE, ALBANY

OAKLEY HALL III WILL READ FROM HIS BOOK "ALF AND ME"
FOLLOWED BY FILM SHOWING

MODERATOR: PROFESSOR
PIERRE JORIS, UALBANY
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

Oakley will be available for audience discussion after the screening of
The Loss of Nameless Things.

In "THE LOSS OF NAMELESS THINGS", Oakley Hall’s family and the actors who followed him into the upstate New York wilderness to build the Lexington Conservatory Theatre (LCT) share their recollections of Hall, his genius and the terrible accident that befell him 30 years ago. Under mysterious circumstances, Oakley Hall either fell or was pushed off of a bridge, sustaining severe traumatic brain injury. After wandering the country like a modern day Odysseus, Oakley settles back home in California and begins the painful process of rehabilitating and rebuilding himself with the love and support of family and friends. The film also shows the triumphant return of Oakley into the theater world, with the premiere of his play, GRINDER’S STAND and his creative rebirth as a writer. “Alf and Me” is his memoir and also a biography of the French playwright, Alfred Jarry. Oakley’s current projects include stage adaptations of the gothic horror story “Melmoth the Wanderer”, and “The Moonstone” considered the precursor of modern mystery and suspense novels.

This event sponsored by the generosity of the Albany Center Galleries, the New York State Writer’s Institute, and the Friends of the Albany Public Library.