Research Catalog

Title

New York New York. [New York Shakespeare Festival] [videorecording] / a WPIX presentation ; directed by Michael Schear ; produced by Angela A. Thame ; executive producer, Kathleen S. Shepherd.

Publication

New York, c1983.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Lowenstein, Ralph
• Papp, Joseph
• Parsons, Estelle
• Seldes, Marian
• Schear, Michael
• Thame, Angela A
• Shepherd, Kathleen S
• New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater

Description

1 videodisc (DVD) (26 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Ralph Lowenstein talks with New York Shakespeare Festival founder Joseph Papp. Papp discusses his idea to have American actors to perform Shakespeare; his development of an "approach" for Americans to do Shakespeare; the demands of Shakespeare on performers; his social and artistic objectives in founding the New York Shakespeare Festival; the early days of the Festival; the audience and its response to Shakespeare; the activities of the New York Shakespeare Festival and the Public Theater; his decision to begin producing non-Shakespearean plays at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park; the current production of Shakespeare's Richard III and its lead actor Kevin Kline. Discussion resumes at 14. min. with actors Estelle Parsons and Marian Seldes. Parsons discusses her one-woman show at the Public Theater, Orgasmo Adulto escapes from the zoo, by Franca Rame and Dariel Fo; Papp's "courage" to stage the production despite its poor commercial viability; the authors; the play's themes of humor, women's sexuality and communism. Seldes discusses her experience working with British director Jane Howell in Richard III, currently at the Delacorte; her portrayal of the character Margaret.

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

New York New York, New York Shakespeare Festival with Joe Papp, Estelle Parsons, Marian Seldes

Subject

• Papp, Joseph > Interviews
• Papp, Joseph > Friends and associates
• Parsons, Estelle > Interviews
• Seldes, Marian > Interviews
• Kline, Kevin
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
• Fo, Dario
• New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater
• Theatrical producers and directors > Interviews
• Theater > Production and direction
• Theater > New York (State) > New York
• Theatrical productions > New York (State) > New York > 1971-1980

Genre/Form

Television.

Note

• This video separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.
• Credits on videotape.
• Includes blackouts intended for commercials.

Event (note)

• First broadcast WPIX-TV, Channel 11, New York, N.Y., July 27, 1983.

Call Number

NCOX 5019

OCLC

NYPG06-F365

Title

New York New York. [New York Shakespeare Festival] [videorecording] / a WPIX presentation ; directed by Michael Schear ; produced by Angela A. Thame ; executive producer, Kathleen S. Shepherd.

Imprint

New York, c1983.

Country of Producing Entity

United States.

Series

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

Event

First broadcast WPIX-TV, Channel 11, New York, N.Y., July 27, 1983.

Added Author

Lowenstein, Ralph, interviewer.

Papp, Joseph, interviewee.

Parsons, Estelle, interviewee.

Seldes, Marian, interviewee.

Schear, Michael, director.

Thame, Angela A, producer.

Shepherd, Kathleen S, producer.

New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater.

Research Call Number

NCOX 5019