Research Catalog

Title

Skyline. Joseph Papp and the Public [videorecording]

Publication

New York, 1979.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Julia, Raul
• Little, Cleavon
• Merdin, Jon
• Papp, Joseph
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
• Sides, Patricia
• Sills, Beverly
• Streep, Meryl
• New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater.
• WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.

Description

1 videodisc (DVD) (30 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Skyline with Beverly Sills, recorded November 3, 1979, aired November 14, 1979 on WNET, Channel 13. Producer and director Joseph Papp is interviewed about his career and the development of the New York Shakespeare Festival and Public Theater. Papp discusses his belief that theater should not be an elitist institution and emphasizes his conviction that the arts are of vital importance to society and culture. He also discusses his approach to interpreting the works of William Shakespeare.

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

Skyline (Television program)

Alternative Title

Skyline with Beverly Sills

Subject

• Papp, Joseph > Interviews
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
• New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater
• Theater and society > United States
• Theater > New York (State) > New York
• Theatrical producers and directors > Interviews
• Theatrical productions > New York (State) > New York > 1971-1980

Genre/Form

• Interviews.
• Television.

Note

• Taped off air. Show begins at counter #212.
• Credits at end of tape.
• This video separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.
• Includes photographs of New York Shakespeare Festival productions. Performance footage of actor Cleavon Little performing the "To be or not to be" speech in the 1968 NYSF production of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Performance footage of three scenes from the 1978 NYSF production of Shakespeare's The taming of the shrew, with Raul Julia as Petruchio and Meryl Streep as Katharina. The credits roll over stills of posters from NYSF productions. Audio of Papp singing "I found a million dollar baby (at the five and ten cent store)" plays during the credits.
• Program #305.

Call Number

NCOX 5248

OCLC

NYPT04-F42

Title

Skyline. Joseph Papp and the Public [videorecording]

Imprint

New York, 1979.

Series

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

Performer

Beverly Sills, host; Patricia Sides, producer; Jon Merdin, director.

Local Note

Additional copy exists.

Added Author

Julia, Raul, actor.

Little, Cleavon, actor.

Merdin, Jon, director.

Papp, Joseph, interviewee.

Papp, Joseph, performer.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Sides, Patricia, producer.

Sills, Beverly, host.

Sills, Beverly, interviewer.

Streep, Meryl, actor.

New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater.

WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.

Added Title

Skyline (Television program)

Research Call Number

NCOX 5248