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A National Press Club luncheon with Joseph Papp

Title: A National Press Club luncheon with Joseph Papp [videorecording] / C-SPAN presents ; camera, Jim Weeks.
Publication: Washington, D.C. : C-SPAN, 1980.

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How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	Videocassette 2	Moving image	By appointment only	NCOX 5039 A.O. Videocassette 2	Offsite
How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	Videocassette 1	Moving image	By appointment only	NCOX 5039 A.O. Videocassette 1	Offsite

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Description

2 videocassettes (VHS) (122 min.) : sd., col; SP ; 1/2 in.

Summary

Videocassette one (67 min.): [Relevant content begins at 34 min. and ends at 101 min.] Host Drew von Bergen offers brief discussion of National Press Club programs, introduction of notable guests and overview of the career and achievements of producer/director Joseph Papp. In his talk, entitled Hamlet and show business, Papp discusses his interest in Shakespeare's Hamlet; the work's relevance to the theater; what interests him about a play; the state of commercial theater; the revival of musicals on Broadway; the relationship between theater and life in the works he chooses to produce; classic plays and their place in the theater; his decision to produce The pirates of Penzance starring Linda Ronstadt; the quality of a play as being "alive"; the absence of good actors currently on the stage; stage actors he admires; the role of skilled stage actors in keeping the theater alive. During the question and answers session, Papp discusses the possibility of bringing his production of The pirates of Penzance to Washington; his refusal of $223,000 in private support for the New York Shakespeare Festival's summer program at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park in response to New York City's withdrawal of funding. [Talk is continued on videocassette two.]
Videocassette two (55 min.): [Relevant content begins at 30 min. and ends at 85 min., overlaping slightly with content of videocassette one.] Papp continues answering questions at his National Press Club luncheon. Papp discusses his preference for producing new works by living writers that "say something about our life and times"; the state of the black theater and accomplishments of the Negro Ensemble Company; the likely success of political spoofs on Broadway; taking his shows to the Soviet Union and cultural exchange between the two countries; his discovery while in the Soviet Union of the play The nest of the wood grouse by Victor Rozov; creativity versus commericalism in the theater; ticket prices and the middle classes' support of the theater; Michael Moriarty's performance in his production of Richard III. Papp is presented with a National Press Club certificate of appreciation and a necktie following the Q & A.

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

Television.

Note

These videos separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.
Credits on tape.
Label on original videocassette one: Joseph Papp National Press Club Luncheon (incomplete) Cable Channel L 9/19/80. Label on original videocassette two: Second half of Joe Papp National Press Club conference (only second half was broadcast 9/30/80).
National Press Club Luncheon with Joseph Papp. Introduced and moderated by Drew von Bergen, president of United Press International and the National Press Club. Head table guests include Jackson Bryer, chairman New Playwrights Theater, Leo Sullivan, director of public relations for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Helen Hayes, Gail Merrifield Papp, Joan Fonteyn, Mildred Batista, executive director of the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Paul V. Brown, producer and managing director of the Alaska Repertory Theater.

Access (note)

Preservation pending. Appointment and tape transfer required before viewing.

Event (note)

Recorded live at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 16, 1980 by C-SPAN-TV. Broadcast on cable Channel L on Sept. 19, 1980 and on Sept. 30, 1980.

Call Number

NCOX 5039

OCLC

NYPT04-F106

Title

A National Press Club luncheon with Joseph Papp [videorecording] / C-SPAN presents ; camera, Jim Weeks.

Imprint

Washington, D.C. : C-SPAN, 1980.

Country of Producing Entity

United States.

Series

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

Access

Preservation pending. Appointment and tape transfer required before viewing.

Event

Recorded live at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 16, 1980 by C-SPAN-TV. Broadcast on cable Channel L on Sept. 19, 1980 and on Sept. 30, 1980.

Added Author

Bergen, Drew von, host.

Papp, Joseph, speaker.

Weeks, Jim, camera operator.

C-SPAN (Television network) producer.

Research Call Number

NCOX 5039

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