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Joseph Papp : related television program and coverage from New York

Title: Joseph Papp : related television program and coverage from New York, June 19, 1952 and June 16 to December 18, 1989 [videocassette].
Publication: New York, 1989.

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Description

1 videodisc (DVD) (55 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

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 cassette tape #6

Subjects

Genre/Form

Video.
Television.

Note

This video separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.
Dubbed compilation of segments taped off air.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Eight segments from New York related to theatrical producer Joseph Papp aired June 19, 1952 and June 16 to December 18, 1989.
Preservation pending. Appointment and tape transfer required before viewing.
Segment one: I've got a secret, aired WCBS-TV, Channel 2, 6/19/52. The Fifth anniversary show (excerpt). The talents of the backstage workers are featured. Joseph Papp, stage manager, performs a scene from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. For complete program see NCOX 5002.
Segment two: MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, aired WNET-TV, Channel 13, 7/11/89. Joseph Papp and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. are interviewed upon the death of Laurence Olivier.
Segment three: Newswatch, aired CNN, 8/1/89. Feature on controversial ideas in the media. El Hakawati Theater is mentioned. Interview with Joseph Papp.
Segment four: Five o'clock news, aired WABC-TV, Channel 2, 11/13/89. Coverage of YIVO Benefit at the Shubert Theatre, 11/12/89, to honor Joseph Papp. Interviews with Joseph Papp, Charles Durning and Kathleen Turner. Footage of original cast of A chorus line rehearsing for the benefit. Footage of Twelfth night rehearsal.
Segment five: Eyewitness news, aired WABC-TV, Channel 7, 11/28/89. Coverage of protest held at the Public Theater against U.S. involvement in El Salvador. Also mentioned is the reading of the play The investigation of the murder in El Salvador.
Segment six: News at six, aired WABC-TV, Channel 2, 12/18/89. Coverage of protest for squatters and homeless at the Tompkins Square Park. Interviews with Joseph Papp and other celebrities who participated in the protest.
Segment seven: News at eleven, aired WPIX-TV, Channel 11, 12/18/89. Coverage of protest for squatters and homeless at Tompkins Square Park. A food drive led by actor Kevin Kline and producer Joseph Papp brought food to squatters living in an abandoned building.
Segment eight: World news tonight, aired WABC-TV, Channel 7, 12/8/89. Story on opposition to communist leadership in Czechoslovakia and the country's potential next president, playwright Václav Havel. Profile of Havel as person of the week. Includes brief interview with producer Joseph Papp, one of the first to stage Havel's plays to the United States. Also cataloged in NCOX 5041.

Call Number

NCOX 5172

OCLC

NYPG05-F10694

Title

Joseph Papp : related television program and coverage from New York, June 19, 1952 and June 16 to December 18, 1989 [videocassette].

Imprint

New York, 1989.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

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

Added Author

Papp, Joseph, interviewee.

Fairbanks, Douglas, Jr., 1909-2000, interviewee.

WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.

WCBS-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) producer.

WABC-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) producer.

WPIX-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) producer.

Cable News Network, producer.

New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater.

Research Call Number

NCOX 5172

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