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Title

Wedding band [videorecording] / New York Shakespeare Festival presents ; [written] by Alice Childress ; produced by Joseph Papp ; directed by Joseph Papp and Jack Sameth ; Tom H. John and Jack Sameth, executive producers ; [originally produced for WABC-TV]

Publication

New York, c1974.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Papp, Joseph
• Childress, Alice
• Sameth, Jack
• Gersten, Bernard
• John, Tom
• Aldredge, Theoni V
• Wheeler, Harold
• Dee, Ruby
• Cannon, J. D. (John Donovan), 1922-2005
• Heckart, Eileen, 1919-2001
• Taylor, Clarice, 1927-2011
• Carter, Rosanna
• Clark, Juanita
• Hall, Albert
• Maggart, Brandon
• Holliday, Polly, 1937-
• Coffin, Frederick, 1943-2003
• Stephens, Socorro
• Greene, Cathy
• Coates, Carolyn
• Kenan, Dolores
• Wallace, Babe
• Thompson, Charles
• Marfield, Dwight
• Byrd, Edie
• Attles, Joseph
• Williams, Brit
• King, Geoffrey
• Dwyer, Paul
• Kearney, Michael
• New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater, producer
• WABC-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer

Description

2 videodiscs (DVD) (105 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1974 television production of Alice Childress's Wedding band, based on the New York Shakespeare Festival 1972-73 stage production. "The play examines the enduring nature of love between a white man and a black woman in 1918 South Carolina. Wedding band confronts racism, but Childress reveals that racism is not only directed at blacks, but is also displayed by blacks. In the play, whites, Asians, and Jews are also the victims of racism. Childress's depiction of an interracial love affair broke long-standing taboos on stage and television."--www.enotes.com

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival.

Subject

• Childress, Alice
• New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater
• African American women > Drama
• African American women > United States > Drama
• Interracial dating > United States > Drama
• Man-woman relationships > Drama
• Race relations > Drama
• Racism > United States > Drama
• African American theater
• Theater > New York (State) > New York
• Theatrical productions > New York (State) > New York > 1971-1980
• Television adaptations

Genre/Form

• Television.
• Drama.

Note

• Credits on tape.
• Videodisc one: 54 min. Videodisc two: 48 min.

Credits (note)

• Associate producer, Bernard Gersten ; art director, Tom H. John ; costumes, Theoni V. Aldredge, music supervisor, Harold Wheeler.

Performer (note)

• Ruby Dee, J. D. Cannon, Eileen Heckart, Clarice Taylor, Rosanna Carter, Juanita Clark, Albert Hall, Brandon Maggart, Polly Holliday, Frederick Coffin, Socorro Stephens, Cathy Greene, Carolyn Coates, Dolores Kenan, Babe Wallace, Charles Thompson, Dwight Marfield, Edie Byrd, Joe Attles, Brit Williams, Geoffrey King, Paul Dwyer, Michael Kearney.

Event (note)

• First broadcast WABC-TV, New York, N.Y., on April 24, 1974.

Biography (note)

• Although Alice Childress wrote Wedding band (the full title is Wedding band: a love/hate story in Black and White) in the early 1960s, the play was not performed professionally until 1966 because of its controversial subject matter. In 1972 the play was produced by the New York Shakespeare Festival, and subsequently a version of the play was broadcast by ABC in 1973; however several ABC affiliates refused to carry the television production.

Call Number

NCOX 28

OCLC

NYPG06-F639

Title

Wedding band [videorecording] / New York Shakespeare Festival presents ; [written] by Alice Childress ; produced by Joseph Papp ; directed by Joseph Papp and Jack Sameth ; Tom H. John and Jack Sameth, executive producers ; [originally produced for WABC-TV]

Imprint

New York, c1974.

Credits

Associate producer, Bernard Gersten ; art director, Tom H. John ; costumes, Theoni V. Aldredge, music supervisor, Harold Wheeler.

Cast

Ruby Dee, J. D. Cannon, Eileen Heckart, Clarice Taylor, Rosanna Carter, Juanita Clark, Albert Hall, Brandon Maggart, Polly Holliday, Frederick Coffin, Socorro Stephens, Cathy Greene, Carolyn Coates, Dolores Kenan, Babe Wallace, Charles Thompson, Dwight Marfield, Edie Byrd, Joe Attles, Brit Williams, Geoffrey King, Paul Dwyer, Michael Kearney.

Event

First broadcast WABC-TV, New York, N.Y., on April 24, 1974.

Biography

Although Alice Childress wrote Wedding band (the full title is Wedding band: a love/hate story in Black and White) in the early 1960s, the play was not performed professionally until 1966 because of its controversial subject matter. In 1972 the play was produced by the New York Shakespeare Festival, and subsequently a version of the play was broadcast by ABC in 1973; however several ABC affiliates refused to carry the television production.

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Added Author

Papp, Joseph, producer.

Papp, Joseph, director.

Childress, Alice. Wedding band.

Sameth, Jack, director.

Gersten, Bernard, producer.

John, Tom, producer.

John, Tom, set designer.

Aldredge, Theoni V, costume designer.

Wheeler, Harold, music supervisor.

Dee, Ruby, actor.

Cannon, J. D. (John Donovan), 1922-2005, actor.

Heckart, Eileen, 1919-2001, actor.

Taylor, Clarice, 1927-2011, actor.

Carter, Rosanna, actor.

Clark, Juanita, actor.

Hall, Albert, actor.

Maggart, Brandon, actor.

Holliday, Polly, 1937- actor.

Coffin, Frederick, 1943-2003, actor.

Stephens, Socorro, actor.

Greene, Cathy, actor.

Coates, Carolyn, actor.

Kenan, Dolores, actor.

Wallace, Babe, actor.

Thompson, Charles, actor.

Marfield, Dwight, actor.

Byrd, Edie, actor.

Attles, Joseph, actor.

Williams, Brit, actor.

King, Geoffrey, actor.

Dwyer, Paul, actor.

Kearney, Michael, actor.

New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater, producer.

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

Research Call Number

NCOX 28