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[Interviews with Edward Albee and Marsha Norman]

Title
[Interviews with Edward Albee and Marsha Norman] [videorecording] / City University Television, The Center for Advanced Study in Theatre Arts (CASTA) [presents]
Publication
New York, 1989.

Details

Additional Authors
  • Albee, Edward, 1928-2016
  • Norman, Marsha
  • Wilson, Edwin, 1927-
  • City University of New York.
Description
1 videocassette (VHS) (112 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
  • Four separate interviews, two with Edward Albee and two with Marsha Norman (ca. 28 min. each)
  • Edward Albee discusses how his trust of his own creative instincts gives him ideas for plays, his method of playwrighting, the differences between theatrical realism and experimental theater, his artists' foundation in Montauk, N.Y., his setting of many of his plays in the family living room and his belief that Americans view art as an escape rather than an engagement, and the fact that his works are largely produced and accepted in Europe.
  • Marsha Norman discusses her playwrighting technique, the sources and structure of several of her plays including Getting out, 'night mother, and Sarah and Abraham, the roles of women in society, the advantages of regional theater, and her joy in writing for the theater.
Series Statement
CUNY Spotlight
Subject
  • Albee, Edward, 1928-2016 > Interviews
  • Albee, Edward, 1928-2016 > Sources
  • Norman, Marsha > Interviews
  • Norman, Marsha
  • Norman, Marsha > Sources
  • Edward Albee Foundation (Montauk, N.Y.)
  • Playwriting
  • Women dramatists, American
  • Women > Social life and customs
  • Dramatists, American > Interviews
  • Women dramatists > Interviews
Genre/Form
Interviews.
Note
  • Part of the series, CUNY Spotlight, broadcast on CUNY-TV, sponsored by the City University of New York.
Performer (note)
  • Interviewed by Edwin Wilson.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped by the cable station, CUNY-TV, New York, N.Y.
Call Number
NCOW 95
OCLC
NYPG98-F345
Title
[Interviews with Edward Albee and Marsha Norman] [videorecording] / City University Television, The Center for Advanced Study in Theatre Arts (CASTA) [presents]
Imprint
New York, 1989.
Series
CUNY Spotlight
Performer
Interviewed by Edwin Wilson.
Event
Videotaped by the cable station, CUNY-TV, New York, N.Y.
Local Subject
Regional theaters.
Added Author
Albee, Edward, 1928-2016, interviewee.
Norman, Marsha, interviewee.
Wilson, Edwin, 1927- interviewer.
City University of New York.
Research Call Number
NCOW 95
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