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Dreams full of gold : Playwriting in the Schools end of year program

Title: Dreams full of gold : Playwriting in the Schools end of year program [videorecording] / [Joseph Papp presents The New York Shakespeare Festival's Playwriting in the Schools program] ; videotaped by the kids.
Publication: New York, 1988.

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Description

1 videocassette (VHS) (120 min.) : sd., col., SP; 1/2 in.

Summary

A variety show consisting of music, monologues, scenes and poetry readings written and performed by New York City public school students, participants in the New York Shakespeare Festival's Playwriting in the Schools program. The program is hosted by producer/director Joseph Papp. Individual works introduced are by public school teachers, program instructors and professional performers, including actress Anne Meara. At the end of the program the students give Papp a birthday cake and sing Happy birthday.

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

Subject

Genre/Form

Drama.
Musicals.

Note

No credits on tape. Title derived from label on container.
This video separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.
Sound and image quality are erratic.

Access (note)

Preservation pending. Appointment and tape transfer required before viewing.

Performer (note)

Performed by New York City public school students.

Event (note)

Videotaped at the New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater, Newman Theater on June 20, 1988, on the set of Miracolo D'Amore.

Biography (note)

Playwriting in the Schools (PITS) was an educational program established in 1985 under the sponsorship of producer/director Joseph Papp, the New York Shakespeare Festival and the New York City Board of Education. Conducted in collaboration with classroom teachers, the PITS program incorporated the study of playwriting, taught by playwrights, and drama in an effort to improve students' writing skills, and to develop their interest in acting, writing and directing for the theater. The program culminated in a final performance given by the students.

Call Number

NCOV 5028

OCLC

NYPT04-F95

Title

Dreams full of gold : Playwriting in the Schools end of year program [videorecording] / [Joseph Papp presents The New York Shakespeare Festival's Playwriting in the Schools program] ; videotaped by the kids.

Imprint

New York, 1988.

Series

Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection

Access

Preservation pending. Appointment and tape transfer required before viewing.

Performer

Performed by New York City public school students.

Event

Videotaped at the New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater, Newman Theater on June 20, 1988, on the set of Miracolo D'Amore.

Biography

Playwriting in the Schools (PITS) was an educational program established in 1985 under the sponsorship of producer/director Joseph Papp, the New York Shakespeare Festival and the New York City Board of Education. Conducted in collaboration with classroom teachers, the PITS program incorporated the study of playwriting, taught by playwrights, and drama in an effort to improve students' writing skills, and to develop their interest in acting, writing and directing for the theater. The program culminated in a final performance given by the students.

Added Author

Papp, Joseph, producer.

Meara, Anne, actor.

Meara, Anne, host.

New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater, producer.

Research Call Number

NCOV 5028

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