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Interview with Robert Helpmann

Title
Interview with Robert Helpmann [sound recording]
Author
Helpmann, Robert, Sir, 1909-1986
Publication
1973.

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AudioUse in library *MGZTC 3-265Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
Citron, Casper.
Description
1 sound cassette (15 min.) : analog, mono.
Summary
SUMMARY: Robert Helpmann, co-director of the Australian Ballet, discusses his early years; the Australian Ballet production of Don Quixote; the dancers Rudolf Nureyev, Lucette Aldous and Margot Fonteyn; filming Don Quixote; working on stage with Katharine Hepburn; the popularity of ballet in Australia; the bad planning of the Sydney Opera House.
Donor/Sponsor
  • Oral History Archive.
  • National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
Subjects
Note
  • Host: Casper Citron. Recorded in 1973 and broadcast by radio station WQXR, New York.
Call Number
*MGZTC 3-265
OCLC
NYPY777015794-R
Author
Helpmann, Robert, Sir, 1909-1986, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Robert Helpmann [sound recording]
Imprint
1973.
Local Note
Archival original: *MGZTO 7-265; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 7 in. reel; acetate, dual track.
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-265; 7 1/ in. per sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester.
Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
Local Subject
Audiotapes -- Helpmann, Robert, Sir, 1909-1986.
Ballet in motion pictures. Don Quixote.
Added Author
Citron, Casper. Interviewer
Research Call Number
*MGZTC 3-265
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