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Curtains up : Broadway and London

Title
Curtains up : Broadway and London [videorecording] / produced by RKO Videogroup ; executive producer, Charlotte Schiff-Jones ; producer and director, Rudi Goldman.
Publication
New York : RKO Videogroup, c1984.

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Additional Authors
  • Randall, Tony
  • Papp, Joseph
  • Schiff-Jones, Charlotte
  • Goldberg, Rudi
  • RKO Videogroup, producer.
  • WWOR-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
Description
1 videodisc (DVD) (58 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  • Tony Randall examines the state of theater on Broadway and in London's West End with a variety of theater professionals for television special aired WWOR-TV. Program features interviews with producer/director Joseph Papp at 10:24 and 38:51. Papp discusses the high cost of tickets on Broadway, the sources of revenue for his Public Theater; his early exposure to and interest in Shakespeare; his decision to form a Shakespearean theatrical company of American actors; and the virtues of American actors performing Shakespearean roles; the tastes and habits of American, in comparison with British, theatergoers; the decline of dramatic plays on Broadway in favor of more costly and spectacular musicals; the economics of producing a show in New York compared with London; importing shows from London to Broadway; the American audience's appreciation of British theater; American shows produced in London; the subsidization of theater in the United States and Great Britian; British actors who have enjoyed success on Broadway; the exchange of actors between New York and London; the adaptation of theatrical works for television; and the need for cultural exchange within the English speaking theatrical world.
  • Program also includes interviews with producers Alexander Cohen, Arthur Canto, Bernard Jacobs, and Robert Swash; director Peter Brook; playwrights Michael Frayn and David Mamet; theater critics Clive Barnes and Elliot Norton; Trevor Nunn, director, Royal Shakespeare Company; Peter Hall, director National Theater; interviews and peformance footage featuring actors Ellen Burstyn, Ian Macellan, Terrry Hinds and Robert Preston, Derek Jacoby and Judi Dench; performance excerpts from the productions A chorus line, Evita, Noises off, Poppy, Little shop of horrors, Cats, The life and times of Nicholas Nickleby, The rivals, Glengarry Glen Ross, Carmen, Cyrano de Bergerac and Guys and dolls; and excerpts from the annual awards ceremony of the Society of West End Theaters.
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
Alternative Title
  • Joseph Papp : related television coverage, March 31, 1984
  • New York Shakespeare Festival : related television coverage, March 31, 1984
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Television.
  • Interviews.
Note
  • This video separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.
  • Credits on tape.
  • Video tape is dated March 31, 1984.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in London and New York City, ca. March 31, 1984. First broadcast on WWOR-TV, Channel on June 1, 1985.
Call Number
NCOX 5076
OCLC
NYPT04-F212
Title
Curtains up : Broadway and London [videorecording] / produced by RKO Videogroup ; executive producer, Charlotte Schiff-Jones ; producer and director, Rudi Goldman.
Imprint
New York : RKO Videogroup, c1984.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection
Performer
Host: Tony Randall.
Event
Videotaped in London and New York City, ca. March 31, 1984. First broadcast on WWOR-TV, Channel on June 1, 1985.
Added Author
Randall, Tony, host.
Papp, Joseph, interviewee.
Schiff-Jones, Charlotte, producer.
Goldberg, Rudi, director.
RKO Videogroup, producer.
WWOR-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
Added Title
Joseph Papp : related television coverage, March 31, 1984 [videorecording]
New York Shakespeare Festival : related television coverage, March 31, 1984 [videorecording]
Research Call Number
NCOX 5076
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