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On cultural power : the August Wilson/Robert Brustein discussion

Title
On cultural power : the August Wilson/Robert Brustein discussion [videorecording] / producers, John Sullivan, Steven Samuels, Bobby Reed ; presenter, American Theatre magazine ; [video producer, Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Betty L. Corwin, director]
Publication
New York, 1997.

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Additional Authors
  • Wilson, August
  • Brustein, Robert, 1927-2023
  • Smith, Anna Deavere
  • Sullivan, John
  • Samuels, Steven
  • Reed, Bobby
  • Cosier, E. David
  • Booth, Debra
  • Hughes, Allen Lee
  • Semonin, David
  • Corwin, Betty L.
  • Triton Sound
  • New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive
  • Theatre Communications Group
Description
2 videodiscs (DVD) (127 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Debate between August Wilson and Robert Brustein about the role of black theater and black actors in the American cultural mainstream.
Uniform Title
American theatre.
Subject
  • Wilson, August
  • Brustein, Robert, 1927-2023
  • African American dramatists
  • Black theater
  • African American theater
  • Biculturalism > United States
  • Debates and debating
Note
  • A debate between August Wilson and Robert Brustein regarding casting and cultural issues which had begun with Mr. Wilson's address to the Theatre Communication Group's national conference in June 1996, and was then chronicled in the September and October 1996 issues of American Theatre magazine and other publications.
Credits (note)
  • Set design, E. David Cosier, Debra Booth ; lighting, Allen Lee Hughes ; sound, Triton Sound ; production stage manager, David Semonin.
Performer (note)
  • Participants: August Wilson and Robert Brustein, with Anna Deavere Smith, moderator. Ms. Smith introduced by John Sullivan, Executive Director, Theatre Communications Group.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at The Town Hall, New York, N.Y., Jan. 27, 1997.
Call Number
NCOW 187
OCLC
NYPG98-F508
Title
On cultural power : the August Wilson/Robert Brustein discussion [videorecording] / producers, John Sullivan, Steven Samuels, Bobby Reed ; presenter, American Theatre magazine ; [video producer, Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Betty L. Corwin, director]
Imprint
New York, 1997.
Credits
Set design, E. David Cosier, Debra Booth ; lighting, Allen Lee Hughes ; sound, Triton Sound ; production stage manager, David Semonin.
Performer
Participants: August Wilson and Robert Brustein, with Anna Deavere Smith, moderator. Ms. Smith introduced by John Sullivan, Executive Director, Theatre Communications Group.
Event
Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at The Town Hall, New York, N.Y., Jan. 27, 1997.
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Added Author
Wilson, August, speaker.
Brustein, Robert, 1927-2023, speaker.
Smith, Anna Deavere, moderator.
Sullivan, John.
Samuels, Steven, producer.
Reed, Bobby, producer.
Cosier, E. David, set designer.
Booth, Debra, set designer.
Hughes, Allen Lee, lighting designer.
Semonin, David, production stage manager.
Corwin, Betty L.
Triton Sound.
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
Theatre Communications Group.
Added Title
American theatre.
Research Call Number
NCOW 187
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