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Joseph Papp receives the 1989 Edwin Booth Award

Title
Joseph Papp receives the 1989 Edwin Booth Award [videorecording] / [presented by] the Doctoral Theatre Students Association of the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
Publication
New York, 1989.

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Additional Authors
  • Papp, Joseph
  • City University of New York. Graduate School and University Center. Doctoral Theatre Students Association. Edwin Booth Award.
Description
1 videocassette (VHS) (63 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
  • Theatrical producer Joseph Papp is presented the 1989 Edwin Booth Award. The program includes an introduction speech followed by a talk given by Papp. Opening discussion includes a history of the New York Shakespeare Festival and overview of Papp' achievements as its director; his role as nurturer of young actors and playwrights; his support of minority theater; his founding of the Festival Latino en Nueva York and the Belasco Project, which enables high school students to attend Shakespeare productions on Broadway.
  • Papp delivers a talk on modern productions of Shakespeare discussing Edwin Booth's contribution to American Shakespearean drama; the formation of his first Shakespearean workshop at the Emmanuel Presbyterian Church; the qualities of speech and acting which define modern productions of Shakespeare; his establishment of an American acting company for the production of Shakespeare; Shakespeare's language in comparison with the everyday language of Elizabethan England; Booth's diction and delivery of Shakespeare; the qualities of speech and the acting styles of various American and British Shakespearean actors, including Colleen Dewhurst, George C., Scott, James Earl Jones, Raul Julia, Kevin Kline, Christopher Walken and Sir John Gielgud; and what he seeks to achieve on stage via his modern productions of Shakespeare. In the question and answer session which follows, Papp discusses Shakespeare's roles for women; editing and cutting Shakespeare's text for stage productions; reading Shakespeare versus seeing the plays performed; his favorite and most memorable lines from Shakespeare, and his favorite plays.
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
  • The 1989 Edwin Booth Award
  • The 7th annual Edwin Booth Award
Subjects
Genre/Form
Video.
Note
  • This video separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.
  • Papp's talk begins at 11:00; Q & A begins at 40:00.
Access (note)
  • Restricted to qualified researchers. Preservation pending appointment and tape transfer required before viewing.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, N.Y. on April 24, 1989.
Biography (note)
  • The Doctoral Theatre Students Association (DTSA) is comprised of all the students enrolled in the Ph.D. Program in Theatre at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Since 1983 the DTSA has sponsored the Edwin Booth Award, given each year to an individual or organization who has made a substantial contribution to American theater and performance via their activities in New York.
Call Number
NCOX 5278
OCLC
NYPG05-F10331
Title
Joseph Papp receives the 1989 Edwin Booth Award [videorecording] / [presented by] the Doctoral Theatre Students Association of the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
Imprint
New York, 1989.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection
Access
Restricted to qualified researchers. Preservation pending appointment and tape transfer required before viewing.
Performer
Award recipient: Joseph Papp and the New York Shakespeare Festival.
Event
Videotaped at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, N.Y. on April 24, 1989.
Biography
The Doctoral Theatre Students Association (DTSA) is comprised of all the students enrolled in the Ph.D. Program in Theatre at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Since 1983 the DTSA has sponsored the Edwin Booth Award, given each year to an individual or organization who has made a substantial contribution to American theater and performance via their activities in New York.
Added Author
Papp, Joseph, recipient.
Papp, Joseph, speaker.
City University of New York. Graduate School and University Center. Doctoral Theatre Students Association. Edwin Booth Award.
Research Call Number
NCOX 5278
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