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Title

Camera three. American playwrights at Joseph Papp's Public Theater : parts one and two / produced and directed by John Musilli ; commentary by Margaret Croyden ; [produced for WCBS-TV]

Publication

New York, c1976.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Papp, Joseph
• Croyden, Margaret
• Musilli, John
• Freeman, David, 1941-
• Lamb, Myrna
• Lamb, Myrna
• Harris, Neil, 1936-
• Guare, John
• WCBS-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer
• New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater

Description

2 videocassettes (U-matic) (60 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 3/4 in.

Summary

Two-part documentary on theatrical producer Joseph Papp's work as a producer of plays by contemporary American playwrights. The program features interviews with Papp, combined with profiles of four productions currently being staged or developed at his Public Theater. The play profiles feature performance footage and interviews with the playwrights. In part one, Papp discusses what these playwrights' views of American life and society, as well as the subject of women playwrights. The plays Jesse and the bandit Queen by David Freeman, and Apple pie by Myrna Lamb are profiled. Part two examines Papp's response to and work with Black and Hispanic writers, as exemplified by Neil Harris' play So nice they named it twice. In a separate discussion which follows, Papp speaks of these playwrights' struggles to discover their relationship to their parents. John Guare's play Rich and famous is profiled.

Series Statement

Camera three

Alternative Title

American playwrights at Joseph Papp's Public Theater

Subject

• Papp, Joseph
• Papp, Joseph > Interviews
• Freeman, David, 1941- > Interviews
• Lamb, Myrna > Interviews
• Harris, Neil, 1936- > Interviews
• Guare, John > Interviews
• New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater
• Theatrical producers and directors
• Theatrical producers and directors > Interviews
• Theater > New York (State) > New York
• Dramatists > United States > 20th century
• Dramatists > Interviews
• African American theater > New York (State) > New York
• Hispanic American theater > New York (State) > New York
• Theatrical productions > New York (State) > New York > 1971-1980

Genre/Form

• Television.
• Drama.
• Interviews.

Note

• Videocassette one: Part I, 30 min. Videocassette two: Part II, 30 min.
• Credits on tape.

Credits (note)

• Production credits: photography, Michael Livesy ; sound recording, Ed Gleason, Rob Rogow.

Event (note)

• First broadcast WCBS-TV, New York, N.Y., probably in November 1976.

Call Number

NCOX 892

OCLC

NYPG06-F621

Title

Camera three. American playwrights at Joseph Papp's Public Theater : parts one and two / produced and directed by John Musilli ; commentary by Margaret Croyden ; [produced for WCBS-TV]

Imprint

New York, c1976.

Series

Camera three

Credits

Production credits: photography, Michael Livesy ; sound recording, Ed Gleason, Rob Rogow.

Performer

Host and interviewer: Margaret Croyden.

Event

First broadcast WCBS-TV, New York, N.Y., probably in November 1976.

Local Note

Gift of Margaret Croyden.

Added Author

Papp, Joseph, interviewee.

Croyden, Margaret, host.

Croyden, Margaret, interviewer.

Musilli, John, producer.

Musilli, John, director.

Freeman, David, 1941- interviewee.

Freeman, David, 1941- Jesse and the bandit queen.

Lamb, Myrna, interviewee.

Lamb, Myrna. Apple pie.

Harris, Neil, 1936- interviewee.

Harris, Neil, 1936- So nice they named it twice.

Guare, John.

Guare, John. Rich and famous.

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

New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater.

Croyden, Margaret, donor.

Research Call Number

NCOX 892