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The South Bank show.

Title: The South Bank show. Joseph Papp [videorecording] / A London Weekend Television program for ITV.
Publication: U.K. : ITV, 1982.

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

Summary

A profile of theatrical producer Joseph Papp for the London based arts program, the South Bank show aired ITV network. The presenter is Melvyn Bragg. The segment, which is filmed in New York City, features Papp being interviewed at various locations in the city relevant to his career and the development of the New York Shakespeare Festival, and includes archival footage and still photos of Papp and his productions. Discussion includes Papp's childhood in Williamsburg, Brooklyn; his first encounter with Shakespeare's works in junior high school; the founding of his Shakespearean workshop at the Emmanuel Presbyterian Church on New York's Lower East Side; directing his first play and his motivation to start a Shakespearean theatrical company; interpreting Shakespeare for American audiences with American actors; and the social and political motivations of his work.
Papp speaks about his first shows at the East River amphitheater; his production of Shakespeare plays in the city's parks during the 1950s and construction of the Delacorte Theater in Central Park; his administrative and fundraising skills and his belief that admission to the outdoor plays should be free; the subsidization of the theater; theater's importance to the educational life of the city; his interest in producing contemporary plays; the acquisition of the former Astor Library on Lafayette Street as the Public Theater; the opening of the new theater with the rock musical, Hair; the development of Hair and the musical A chorus line at the Public Theater; his revival of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta The pirates of Penzance; the state of the American theater currently (during the 1980s) in contrast to the 1960s and 70s; and his ongoing concern with addressing contemporary issues via the plays he produces.

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
South Bank show

Uniform Title

The South Bank show (Television program)

Alternative Title

Joseph Papp on the South Bank show

Subjects

Genre/Form

Interviews.
Television.

Note

No credits on tape. Tape contains only the first half of the program featuring segment with Joseph Papp.

Performer (note)

Host: Melvyn Bragg.

Event (note)

First broadcast in the U.K. over the ITV network on May 9, 1982.

Call Number

NCOX 5256

OCLC

NYPT04-F129

Title

The South Bank show. Joseph Papp [videorecording] / A London Weekend Television program for ITV.

Imprint

U.K. : ITV, 1982.

Series

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

South Bank show

Performer

Host: Melvyn Bragg.

Event

First broadcast in the U.K. over the ITV network on May 9, 1982.

Added Author

Bragg, Melvyn, 1939- producer.

Bragg, Melvyn, 1939- interviewer.

Papp, Joseph, interviewee.

London Weekend Television (Firm)

ITV (Firm)

Added Title

The South Bank show (Television program)

Research Call Number

NCOX 5256

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