Research Catalog

Title

Joseph Papp : related television coverage, July 26, 1985 [videorecording]

Publication

New York, 1985.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Papp, Joseph
• Hart, Lois
• Walker, Dave
• Cable News Network, producer.

Description

1 videocassette (VHS) (8 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.

Summary

Interview aired CNN with producer/director Joseph Papp. Papp discusses the kind of shows he likes to produce; his play A map of the world and its playwright David Hare; his past play productions The normal heart, which addressed the AIDS crisis, and Tracers, which recounted eight veterans' tour of duty in Vietnam; his desire to produce works which are artistically engaging as well as socially challenging; the professional risks he took in producing The normal heart, which was openly critical of the response of New York Mayor Ed Koch and the New York Times to the AIDS health crisis; the Public Theater's financial needs; the presence of gays in the theater; the government's response to the AIDS health crisis.

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

• Mr. Papp on CNN Take two Friday July 26, 1985. 1:30-2:00 p.m.
• New York Shakespeare Festival : related television coverage, July 26, 1985

Subject

• Papp, Joseph
• Hare, David, 1947-
• Kramer, Larry
• DiFusco, John
• New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater
• Theatrical producers and directors
• Theatrical producers and directors > Interviews
• Theater and society
• AIDS (Disease) and the arts
• Theatrical productions > New York (State) > New York > 1981-1990

Genre/Form

• Television.
• Interviews.

Note

• This video separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.
• Television news segment taped off air.
• No credits on tape; title supplied by cataloger.
• Segment with Joseph Papp begins at 39:11 and ends at 46:51.

Access (note)

• Preservation pending. Appointment and tape transfer required before viewing.

Performer (note)

• Interviewers: Lois Hart and Dave Walker.

Event (note)

• First broadcast CNN, Friday July 26, 1985 at 1:30 p.m.

Call Number

NCOX 5183

OCLC

NYPT04-F218

Title

Joseph Papp : related television coverage, July 26, 1985 [videorecording]

Imprint

New York, 1985.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

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

Access

Preservation pending. Appointment and tape transfer required before viewing.

Performer

Interviewers: Lois Hart and Dave Walker.

Event

First broadcast CNN, Friday July 26, 1985 at 1:30 p.m.

Added Author

Papp, Joseph, interviewee.

Hart, Lois, interviewer.

Walker, Dave, interviewer.

Cable News Network, producer.

Added Title

New York Shakespeare Festival : related television coverage, July 26, 1985 [videorecording]

Research Call Number

NCOX 5183