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Interview with John Lee Beatty
- Title
- Interview with John Lee Beatty [videorecording] / [Video prod. company, Character Generators] ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Betty L. Corwin, director.
- Publication
- New York, c1998.
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- Description
- 2 videocassettes (82 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 3/4 in. (U-matic)
- Summary
- Scenic designer John Lee Beatty discusses his career, beginning with his studies under designer Ming Cho Lee, continuing with extensive work for the Circle Repertory Company, and concluding with his recent productions, including The last night of Ballyhoo and the 1996 revival of Edward Albee's A delicate balance. Mr. Beatty displays drawings of the sets for these plays as well as others, and also analyzes two of his designs he considers unsuccessful, for David Shire's Baby and Peter Nichols' Passion play.
- Alternative Title
- John Lee Beatty interviewed by Michael Sommers
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Note
- At the end of the first cassette, interviewer Michael Sommers concludes the program. However, cassette #2 contains an additional twenty minutes of material, taped shortly thereafter when the decision was made to continue.
- Performer (note)
- Interviewed by Michael Sommers.
- Event (note)
- Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, July 7, 1998.
- Funding (note)
- Recorded with the financial assistance of United Scenic Artists.
- Call Number
- NCOW 216
- OCLC
- NYPG00-F0
- Title
- Interview with John Lee Beatty [videorecording] / [Video prod. company, Character Generators] ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Betty L. Corwin, director.
- Imprint
- New York, c1998.
- Performer
- Interviewed by Michael Sommers.
- Event
- Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, July 7, 1998.
- Funding
- Recorded with the financial assistance of United Scenic Artists.
- Added Author
- Beatty, John Lee, 1948- interviewee.Sommers, Michael, interviewer.Corwin, Betty L.United Scenic Artists.Character Generators/Video.New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
- Research Call Number
- NCOW 216