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Honesty is the best policy : or, true to the core
- Title
- Honesty is the best policy : or, true to the core [videorecording] / The New Stagecraft Company, Inc., Daniel P. Quinn, artistic director, Eric Culver, music director, presents ; a play by John Maguire ; songs by Stephen Foster and Louis Moreau Gottschalk ; direction, Daniel P. Quinn.
- Publication
- New York, 1991.
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- Description
- 1 videocassette (VHS) (57 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- Honesty is the best policy is a one-act play concerning an Irish immigrant in America, written in 1877 by John Maguire (1840-1907). In this production it was presented as the second part of a two-act program, with the first act consisting of a concert of 19th century songs and recitations, mostly on Irish themes.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of the New Stagecraft Company, Inc.
- Subjects
- Theater > New York (State) > New York
- Irish Americans > Ethnic identity > Drama
- Irish drama > 19th century
- Musical theater > New York (State) > New York
- Theatrical productions > New York (State) > New York > 1991-2000
- Drama
- Immigrants > New York (State) > New York > Social conditions > Drama
- Ballads, Irish
- Irish Americans > Drama
- Genre/Form
- Drama.
- Note
- Copy of program available.
- Act one ends at 35:52. The act two overture begins at 36:03.
- Access (note)
- Restricted to qualified researchers.
- Credits (note)
- Design, David Raphel ; lighting, Donald Guyton ; costumes by Richard Hieronymus ; stage manager, Robert Peterson.
- Performer (note)
- Maura Molloy, Michael Healy and Buzz Roddy.
- Event (note)
- Videotaped at the Irish Arts Center, New York, N.Y., April 1991.
- Contents
- Songs and poems include: Farewell to Erin -- Columbia the free -- Thousands are sailing to Amerikay -- The potato diggers song -- The banjo -- There's a good time coming -- When I landed in Sweet Castle Garden -- If you've only got a moustache -- I dream of Jeanie with the light brown hair -- Open thy lattice, love -- Beautiful dreamer.
- Call Number
- NCOV 1741
- OCLC
- NYPG06-F97
- Title
- Honesty is the best policy : or, true to the core [videorecording] / The New Stagecraft Company, Inc., Daniel P. Quinn, artistic director, Eric Culver, music director, presents ; a play by John Maguire ; songs by Stephen Foster and Louis Moreau Gottschalk ; direction, Daniel P. Quinn.
- Imprint
- New York, 1991.
- Access
- Restricted to qualified researchers.
- Credits
- Design, David Raphel ; lighting, Donald Guyton ; costumes by Richard Hieronymus ; stage manager, Robert Peterson.
- Cast
- Maura Molloy, Michael Healy and Buzz Roddy.
- Event
- Videotaped at the Irish Arts Center, New York, N.Y., April 1991.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Quinn, Daniel P., 1952- producer.Quinn, Daniel P., 1952- director.Culver, Eric C., music director.Maguire, John, 1840-1907. Honesty is the best policy.Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864, composer.Gottschalk, Louis Moreau, 1829-1869, composer.Raphel, David, set designer.Guyton, Don, lighting designer.Hieronymus, Richard, costume designer.Peterson, Robert, stage manager.Molloy, Maura, performer.Healy, Michael, performer.Roddy, Buzz, performer.New Stagecraft Company, Inc, producer.
- Research Call Number
- NCOV 1741