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Macready! : a celebration of the actor
- Title
- Macready! : a celebration of the actor [videorecording] / Circle Repertory presents, by arrangement with Globe Enterprises ; written and performed by Frank Barrie; based on the diaries of William Charles Macready, 1793-1873 ; directed by Donald MacKechnie ; [video producer, Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Betty L. Corwin, director]
- Publication
- New York, c1980.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Moving image | Restricted use | NCOV 137 | Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT |
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- Description
- 2 videocassettes (95 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 3/4 in. (U-matic)
- Summary
- One-person show based on the diaries of English actor William Charles Macready (1793-1873), whose rivalry with American actor Edwin Forrest indirectly touched off the Astor Place riot in New York City in 1849.
- Subject
- Macready, William Charles, 1793-1873 > Adaptations
- Macready, William Charles, 1793-1873 > Drama
- Forrest, Edwin, 1806-1872 > Drama
- Actors > Drama
- Actors > England > Drama
- Astor Place Riot, New York, N.Y., 1849 > Drama
- Theater > Drama
- Theater > New York (State) > New York
- Theatrical productions > New York (State) > New York > 1971-1980
- One-person shows (Performing arts)
- Genre/Form
- Drama.
- Note
- Copy of program available.
- Opened July 29, 1980 in repertory with The woolgatherer.
- Access (note)
- Restricted to qualified researchers.
- Performer (note)
- Featuring Frank Barrie as actor William Charles Macready.
- Event (note)
- Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the Circle Repertory Theatre, New York, N.Y., Sept. 13, 1980.
- Call Number
- NCOV 137
- OCLC
- NYPG99-F7
- Title
- Macready! : a celebration of the actor [videorecording] / Circle Repertory presents, by arrangement with Globe Enterprises ; written and performed by Frank Barrie; based on the diaries of William Charles Macready, 1793-1873 ; directed by Donald MacKechnie ; [video producer, Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Betty L. Corwin, director]
- Imprint
- New York, c1980.
- Access
- Restricted to qualified researchers.
- Performer
- Featuring Frank Barrie as actor William Charles Macready.
- Event
- Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the Circle Repertory Theatre, New York, N.Y., Sept. 13, 1980.
- Added Author
- Barrie, Frank. Macready!Barrie, Frank, actor.MacKechnie, Donald, director.Macready, William Charles, 1793-1873.Corwin, Betty L.Circle Repertory Company, producer.Globe Enterprises.New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
- Research Call Number
- NCOV 137