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Black comedy (excerpts)

Title
Black comedy (excerpts) [videorecording] / Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, artistic director, presents ; [written by] Peter Shaffer ; directed by Gerald Gutierrez.
Publication
New York, 1993.

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Additional Authors
  • Haimes, Todd
  • Shaffer, Peter, 1926-2016.
  • Gutierrez, Gerald
  • MacNicol, Peter, 1954-
  • Bobby, Anne, 1967-
  • Marchand, Nancy, 1928-2000
  • Curtis, Keene, 1923-2002
  • Murray, Brian, 1937-2018
  • Roundabout Theatre Company, producer
Description
1 videocassette (23 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 3/4 in. (U-matic)
Summary
Reviewer's reel for the 1993 revival of Peter Shaffer's Black comedy. The show, staged in tandem with Shaffer's White liars, opened at Criterion Center Stage Right on Sep. 1, 1993 and closed on Oct. 3, 1993.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Drama.
  • Trailers and promo's.
Note
  • No credits on tape.
  • This one-act play was originally staged on Broadway in 1967, in tandem with the same playwright's one-act White liars. The two plays were staged together once more in this revival, but the excerpts in this video are from Black comedy only.
  • The first portion of this play is staged in darkness, with audio only. The lights come up approximately 4 minutes into the tape.
Access (note)
  • Restricted to qualified researchers.
Performer (note)
  • Peter MacNicol, Anne Bobby, Nancy Marchand, Keene Curtis, and Brian Murray.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped at Criterion Center Stage Right, New York, N.Y., Aug. 25, 1993.
Call Number
NCOX 1163
OCLC
162554459
Title
Black comedy (excerpts) [videorecording] / Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, artistic director, presents ; [written by] Peter Shaffer ; directed by Gerald Gutierrez.
Imprint
New York, 1993.
Access
Restricted to qualified researchers.
Cast
Peter MacNicol, Anne Bobby, Nancy Marchand, Keene Curtis, and Brian Murray.
Event
Videotaped at Criterion Center Stage Right, New York, N.Y., Aug. 25, 1993.
Local Note
Gift of Joel Siegel.
Added Author
Haimes, Todd, producer.
Shaffer, Peter, 1926-2016. Black comedy.
Gutierrez, Gerald, director.
MacNicol, Peter, 1954- actor.
Bobby, Anne, 1967- actor.
Marchand, Nancy, 1928-2000, actor.
Curtis, Keene, 1923-2002, actor.
Murray, Brian, 1937-2018, actor.
Siegel, Joel, 1943-2007, donor.
Roundabout Theatre Company, producer.
Research Call Number
NCOX 1163
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