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Sticks and bones

Title
Sticks and bones [videorecording] / directed by Robert Downey Sr ; [screenplay] by Robert Downey, Sr. ; play written by David Rabe ; produced by Joseph Papp for WCBS-TV.
Publication
New York, 1973.

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Additional Authors
  • Papp, Joseph
  • Rabe, David
  • Downey, Robert, 1936-2021
  • Nitzsche, Jack
  • Powell, Peter
  • Smith, Bud S
  • Koster Robert J.
  • Aldredge, Tom
  • Cauldwell, Alan
  • De Young, Cliff
  • Fields, Joe, 1935-
  • Palomera, Asa
  • Jackson, Anne, 1925-2016
  • Levine, Stanley
  • Nealy, Ron
  • Sullivan, Brad, 1931-2008
  • New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater
  • WCBS-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer
Description
2 videodiscs (DVD) (141 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Television production of the play originally producted by the New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater, about a Vietnam veteran who returns home blinded to face callous rejection by his own family. Tapes one and two contain the complete program. Tape three contains an alternate, "bloody ending" closing scene.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of the Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival.
Alternative Title
  • Joseph Papp presents Sticks and bones, 1 of 2
  • Joseph Papp presents Sticks and bones, 2 of 2
  • Sticks and bones III, bloody version.
Subject
  • Papp, Joseph
  • Rabe, David
  • New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater
  • Blind > Drama
  • Blindness > Drama
  • Families > Drama
  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Theater and the war
  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Drama
  • Veterans > Vietnam > Drama
  • Veterans > Vietnam > Attitudes > Drama
  • Veterans > Vietnam > Attitudes > United States
  • War > Psychological aspects > Drama
  • Theatrical producers and directors
  • Theater > New York (State) > New York
  • Theatrical productions > New York (State) > New York > 1971-1980
  • Television adaptations
Genre/Form
  • Drama.
  • Television.
Note
  • Credits on tape.
Credits (note)
  • Original music, Jack Nitzsche ; cinematography, Peter Powell ; film editor, Bud S. Smith ; production manager, Robert J. Koster.
Performer (note)
  • Introduced by: Joseph Papp.
Event (note)
  • First broadcast CBS-TV, Channel 2, New York, N.Y., August 17, 1973.
Biography (note)
  • In July 1972 theatrical producer Joseph Papp received an $8 million contract to produce thirteen Shakespeare plays as well as contemporary works for the CBS television network over a four-year period. The first production, Much ado about nothing, directed by A.J. Antoon, was broadcast February 2, 1973. The second production, David Rabe's play Sticks and bones, aired on August 17, 1973. The broadcast had been postponed for several months due to conflict with the network's over viewers' sensitivity to the play's subject.
Call Number
NCOX 27
OCLC
NYPG06-F633
Title
Sticks and bones [videorecording] / directed by Robert Downey Sr ; [screenplay] by Robert Downey, Sr. ; play written by David Rabe ; produced by Joseph Papp for WCBS-TV.
Imprint
New York, 1973.
Credits
Original music, Jack Nitzsche ; cinematography, Peter Powell ; film editor, Bud S. Smith ; production manager, Robert J. Koster.
Performer
Tom Aldredge, Alan Cauldwell, Cliff De Young, Joe Fields, Asa Gim, Anne Jackson, Stanley Levine, Ron Nealy, Brad Sullivan.
Cast
Introduced by: Joseph Papp.
Event
First broadcast CBS-TV, Channel 2, New York, N.Y., August 17, 1973.
Biography
In July 1972 theatrical producer Joseph Papp received an $8 million contract to produce thirteen Shakespeare plays as well as contemporary works for the CBS television network over a four-year period. The first production, Much ado about nothing, directed by A.J. Antoon, was broadcast February 2, 1973. The second production, David Rabe's play Sticks and bones, aired on August 17, 1973. The broadcast had been postponed for several months due to conflict with the network's over viewers' sensitivity to the play's subject.
Local Note
Additional tapes related to this production, part of the Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image collection, available at ReCAP. See summary list of item records in Sierra.
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Added Author
Papp, Joseph, host.
Papp, Joseph, producer.
Rabe, David. Sticks and bones.
Downey, Robert, 1936-2021, television director.
Nitzsche, Jack, composer.
Powell, Peter, director of photography.
Smith, Bud S, editor of moving image work.
Koster Robert J., production manager.
Aldredge, Tom, actor.
Cauldwell, Alan, actor.
De Young, Cliff, actor.
Fields, Joe, 1935- actor.
Palomera, Asa, actor.
Jackson, Anne, 1925-2016, actor.
Levine, Stanley, actor.
Nealy, Ron, actor.
Sullivan, Brad, 1931-2008, actor.
New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater.
WCBS-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
Research Call Number
NCOX 27
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