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Theater talk.

Title
Theater talk. Wit. Margaret Edson and Derek Anson Jones, Robert Simonson [videorecording] / [produced by] Susan Haskins, Theater Talk Productions, Inc. ; director, Adam Walker.
Publication
New York, c1999.

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Additional Authors
  • Jones, Derek Anson
  • Edson, Margaret, 1961-
  • Simonson, Robert
  • Riedel, Michael (Theater critic)
  • Haskins, Susan
  • Walker, Adam
  • Theater Talk Productions, Inc.
Description
1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 3/4 in. (U-matic)
Summary
  • Director Derek Anson Jones and playwright Margaret Edson discuss their collaboration on Ms. Edson's play Wit, the play's development process, and their long friendship (19 min.).
  • Robert Simonson of Playbill Online discusses the musical revue Fosse, producer Cameron Mackintosh's plan to import his British production of Oklahoma! to Broadway, and his new book Role of a lifetime (9 min.).
  • Performance excerpts: Kathleen Chalfant in Wit.
Series Statement
Theater talk
Alternative Title
Theater talk: Edson/Jones/Simonson
Subject
  • Jones, Derek Anson > Interviews
  • Edson, Margaret, 1961- > Interviews
  • Edson, Margaret, 1961-
  • Chalfant, Kathleen, 1945-
  • Simonson, Robert > Interviews
  • Mackintosh, Cameron
  • Theatrical producers and directors > Interviews
  • Theater > New York (State) > New York
Genre/Form
  • Interviews.
  • Talk shows.
  • Television.
Note
  • This is Episode #513 of Theater talk.
  • Interviews with Margaret Edson and Derek Anson Jones; and with Robert Simonson.
  • Poor audio quality.
  • Credits at end of tape.
  • "In memory of Bess House Hopkins, 1932-1999."--Closing credits.
Performer (note)
  • Interviewers: Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in the CUNY-TV studios located at The Graduate School & University Center/CUNY, New York, N.Y., Jan. 8, 1999.
Call Number
NCOX 1599
OCLC
NYPG00-F153
Title
Theater talk. Wit. Margaret Edson and Derek Anson Jones, Robert Simonson [videorecording] / [produced by] Susan Haskins, Theater Talk Productions, Inc. ; director, Adam Walker.
Imprint
New York, c1999.
Series
Theater talk
Performer
Interviewers: Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins.
Event
Videotaped in the CUNY-TV studios located at The Graduate School & University Center/CUNY, New York, N.Y., Jan. 8, 1999.
Local Note
Gift of Susan Haskins.
Added Author
Jones, Derek Anson, interviewee.
Edson, Margaret, 1961- interviewee.
Simonson, Robert, interviewee.
Riedel, Michael (Theater critic), interviewer.
Haskins, Susan, interviewer.
Haskins, Susan, producer.
Walker, Adam, director.
Theater Talk Productions, Inc.
Haskins, Susan, donor.
Research Call Number
NCOX 1599
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