Research Catalog

Title

The South Bank show. Gospel [at Colonus] [videorecording] / a London Weekend Television programme for ITV.

Publication

U.K. : London Weekend Television, c1982.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Sophocles
• Bragg, Melvyn, 1939-
• Breuer, Lee
• Halley, Ben, Jr.
• Fourteen Carat Soul (Musical group)
• London Weekend Television (Firm)
• ITV (Firm)

Description

1 videodisc (DVD) (28 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Documentary about a gospel musical version of Oedipus at Colonus, featuring the a cappella singing group Fourteen Carat Soul. The work is directed by Lee Breuer, who collaborated with Ben Halley, Jr. in adapting Sophocles' play. Program includes interviews with Breuer and Halley and performance footage.

Donor/Sponsor

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

Series Statement

• Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection
• South Bank show

Alternative Title

The Gospel at Colonus, Breuer/Telson, London Weekend Television

Subjects

• Gospel music > Drama
• Breuer, Lee > Interviews
• Oedipus (Greek mythological figure) > Drama
• Experimental theater
• Sophocles > Oedipus at Colonus
• Television
• Halley, Ben, Jr > Interviews
• Documentaries and factual works
• Legends > Greece > Drama
• Sophocles > Adaptations

Genre/Form

• Television.
• Documentaries and factual works.

Note

• This video separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.
• Credits at beginning of tape: The South Bank Show, PN 30345, Part I take I, Sun 28 Nov. 82, Gospel, here today gone tomorrow.
• Video lacks complete credits.

Access (note)

• Restricted to qualified researchers.

Event (note)

• First broadcast on London Weekend Television, London, ca. Nov. 28, 1982.

Call Number

NCOX 5455

OCLC

NYPG06-F813

Title

The South Bank show. Gospel [at Colonus] [videorecording] / a London Weekend Television programme for ITV.

Imprint

U.K. : London Weekend Television, c1982.

Country of Producing Entity

U.K.

Series

Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection

South Bank show

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Performer

Introduced by Melvyn Bragg.

Event

First broadcast on London Weekend Television, London, ca. Nov. 28, 1982.

Added Author

Sophocles. Oedipus at Colonus.

Bragg, Melvyn, 1939- host.

Bragg, Melvyn, 1939- interviewer.

Breuer, Lee, interviewee.

Halley, Ben, Jr., interviewee.

Fourteen Carat Soul (Musical group)

London Weekend Television (Firm)

ITV (Firm)

Research Call Number

NCOX 5455