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Connecticut : [American Shakespeare Theater]
- Title
- Connecticut : [American Shakespeare Theater] [videorecording]
- Publication
- Hartford, Conn., 1977.
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- Additional Authors
- Auberjonois, René, 1940-2019
- Bader, Richard
- Cavett, Dick
- Comiskey, Robert
- Goodman, Bill
- Gwynne, Fred
- Lindsay, Christopher
- Lithgow, John, 1945-
- Matthaei, Konrad
- Papp, Joseph
- Redgrave, Lynn, 1943-2010
- Ritchard, Cyril, 1897-1977
- Savin, Nancy R.
- Savin, Nancy R
- Ullmann, Liv
- Wolf, Mary Hunter, 1904-
- Center for Theater Techniques in Education
- Connecticut Public Television, producer
- New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater
- Description
- 1 videodisc (DVD) (30 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Episode of the Connecticut Public Television program Connecticut. Broadcast October 12, 1977 on CPTV. Host Nancy Savin reports on the American Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford, Conn. and its transition to the Connecticut Center for the Performing Arts. Savin interviews various theatrical notables about the transition, the importance of exposing children to performances of Shakespeare's plays, the importance of Shakespeare's works to actors and the subsequent influence on their training, and the beauty and importance of Shakespearean language. The importance of fund raising is also discussed.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of the Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival.
- Series Statement
- Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection
- Uniform Title
- Connecticut (Television program)
- Subjects
- Theater and children
- Actresses > Interviews
- Acting teachers > Interviews
- Interviews
- Actors > Interviews
- Television
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Language
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Influence
- Theater > Connecticut
- Theatrical producers and directors > Interviews
- American Shakespeare Theatre
- Arts fund raising
- Acting
- Connecticut Center for the Performing Arts
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Television.
- Note
- Credits at end of tape.
- This video separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.
- Segments from interviews with actors René Auberjonois, Dick Cavett, Fred Gwynne, John Lithgow, Lynn Redgrave, Cyril Ritchard, and Liv Ullmann; Joseph Papp of the New York Shakespeare Festival; Mary Wolf of the Center for Theater Techniques; and Richard Bader, Bill Goodman, and Konrad Matthaei of the American Shakespeare Theatre.
- Nancy Savin, producer and host; Robert Comiskey, director; Christopher Lindsay, producer.
- Call Number
- NCOX 5103
- OCLC
- NYPT04-F30
- Title
- Connecticut : [American Shakespeare Theater] [videorecording]
- Imprint
- Hartford, Conn., 1977.
- Series
- Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection
- Added Author
- Auberjonois, René, 1940-2019, interviewee.Bader, Richard, interviewee.Cavett, Dick, interviewee.Comiskey, Robert, director.Goodman, Bill, interviewee.Gwynne, Fred, interviewee.Lindsay, Christopher, producer.Lithgow, John, 1945- interviewee.Matthaei, Konrad, interviewee.Papp, Joseph, interviewee.Redgrave, Lynn, 1943-2010, interviewee.Ritchard, Cyril, 1897-1977, interviewee.Savin, Nancy R., producer.Savin, Nancy R, host.Ullmann, Liv, interviewee.Wolf, Mary Hunter, 1904- interviewee.Center for Theater Techniques in Education.Connecticut Public Television, producer.New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater.
- Added Title
- Connecticut (Television program)
- Research Call Number
- NCOX 5103