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M. Butterfly

Title: M. Butterfly [videorecording] / Stuart Ostrow, David Geffen, present ; a new play by David Henry Hwang ; directed by John Dexter ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Betty L. Corwin, director.
Publication: New York, c1988.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Videodiscs 1 and 2	Moving image	Restricted use	NCOV 729 Videodiscs 1 and 2	Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT

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Description

2 videodiscs (DVD) (133 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Drama based on the true story of French diplomat Bernard Boursicot, who had a long-term relationship with a Chinese opera star whom he mistakenly believed was a woman.

Alternative Title

John Lithgow in M. Butterfly

Subjects

Boursicot, Bernard > Drama
Drama
Shi, Pei Pu > Drama
Theatrical productions > New York (State) > New York > 1981-1990
China > Foreign relations > France > Drama
Theater > New York (State) > New York
Man-woman relationships > Drama
Female impersonators > Drama

Genre/Form

Drama.

Access (note)

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

Scenery and costumes by Eiko Ishioka ; lighting by Andy Phillips ; music by Giacomo Puccini, Lucia Hwong ; Peking opera consultants, Jamie H. J. Guan and Michele Ehlers ; production stage manager, Bob Borod.

Performer (note)

John Lithgow, B. D. Wong, John Getz, Rose Gregorio, George N. Martin, Lindsay Frost, Lori Tan Chinn, Jamie H.J. Guan, Alec Mapa, Chris Odo.

Event (note)

Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, New York, N.Y., Aug. 16, 1988.

Funding (note)

Recorded with the financial assistance of The Educational Foundation of America.

Call Number

NCOV 729

OCLC

176633908

Title

M. Butterfly [videorecording] / Stuart Ostrow, David Geffen, present ; a new play by David Henry Hwang ; directed by John Dexter ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Betty L. Corwin, director.

Imprint

New York, c1988.

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

Scenery and costumes by Eiko Ishioka ; lighting by Andy Phillips ; music by Giacomo Puccini, Lucia Hwong ; Peking opera consultants, Jamie H. J. Guan and Michele Ehlers ; production stage manager, Bob Borod.

Cast

John Lithgow, B. D. Wong, John Getz, Rose Gregorio, George N. Martin, Lindsay Frost, Lori Tan Chinn, Jamie H.J. Guan, Alec Mapa, Chris Odo.

Event

Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, New York, N.Y., Aug. 16, 1988.

Funding

Recorded with the financial assistance of The Educational Foundation of America.

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Added Author

Ostrow, Stuart, 1932- producer.

Geffen, David, 1943- producer.

Hwang, David Henry, 1957- M. Butterfly.

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924, composer.

Hwong, Lucia, composer.

Dexter, John, 1925-1990, director.

Ishioka, Eiko, set designer.

Ishioka, Eiko, costume designer.

Phillips, Andy, lighting designer.

Borod, Robert, production stage manager.

Ehlers, Michele.

Lithgow, John, 1945- actor.

Wong, B. D, actor.

Getz, John, 1946- actor.

Gregorio, Rose, actor.

Martin, George N, actor.

Frost, Lindsay, actor.

Chinn, Lori Tan, actor.

Guan, Jamie H. J, actor.

Mapa, Alec, actor.

Odo, Chris, actor.

Corwin, Betty L.

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.

Educational Foundation of America.

Note

Title on program: John Lithgow in M. Butterfly

Research Call Number

NCOV 729

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