Research Catalog

Title

Oral history interview with William Atherton, 1987-04-09 [sound recording].

Author

Atherton, William.

Publication

1987.

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Details

Additional Authors

Turan, Kenneth.

Description

2 sound cassettes : analog.

Summary

William Atherton, an American film, stage and television actor, speaks about his professional career and experience working with Joseph Papp who offered him the title role of Hummel in the New York Shakespeare Festival production of David Rabe's play "The basic training of Pavlo Hummel" (1971). He also talks about Papp as a sucessful theatrical producer and founder of the New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater, and his professional and personal relationships with him and other producers and directors during the New York Shakespeare Festival.

Alternative Title

• Shakespeare in the park.
• Free for all: Joe Papp, the public, and the greatest story ever told.
• Joseph Papp Oral History interviews.

Subjects

• Rabe, David > Basic training of Pavlo Hummel
• Theatrical producers and directors > United States
• Public Theater (New York, N.Y.)
• Papp, Joseph > Friends and associates
• Atherton, William > Interviews
• Actors > United States > Interviews
• Atherton, William > Friends and associates
• New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater
• Interviews (Sound recordings)
• Oral histories

Genre/Form

• Oral histories.
• Interviews.
• Sound recordings.

Note

• Interview by Kenneth Turan, originally recorded for the book "Free for all: Joe Papp, the public, and the greatest story ever told" which was published in 2009.
• A track ID has been inserted every five minutes within this interview for reference purposes.

With (note)

• Part 1 of the interview is on CD with part 2 of an Oral history interview with Sam Waterston ; part 2 of the interview is on CD with part 1 of an Oral history interview with Martin Aronstein.
• Part 1 of the interview is on On original cassette with part 2 of an Oral history interview with Sam Waterston (side B); and part 2 is on original cassette with part 1 of an Oral history interview with Martin Aronstein (side A).

Access (note)

• Access to original items restricted.

Event (note)

• Recorded [in New York?], Apr. 9, 1987.

Additional Formats (note)

• Service compact discs (2 sound discs : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.) begin on *LDC 51910, tracks 2-10; and conclude on *LDC 51911, tracks 1-5.

Call Number

*LDC 51910, tracks 2-10

OCLC

769228328

Author

Atherton, William. Interviewee

Title

Oral history interview with William Atherton, 1987-04-09 [sound recording].

Imprint

1987.

Event

Recorded [in New York?], Apr. 9, 1987.

Access

Access to original items restricted.

Additional Formats

Service compact discs (2 sound discs : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.) begin on *LDC 51910, tracks 2-10; and conclude on *LDC 51911, tracks 1-5.

With:

Part 1 of the interview is on CD with part 2 of an Oral history interview with Sam Waterston ; part 2 of the interview is on CD with part 1 of an Oral history interview with Martin Aronstein.

Part 1 of the interview is on On original cassette with part 2 of an Oral history interview with Sam Waterston (side B); and part 2 is on original cassette with part 1 of an Oral history interview with Martin Aronstein (side A).

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Added Author

Turan, Kenneth. Interviewer

Papp, Gail Merrifield. Donor

Added Title

Shakespeare in the park.

Free for all: Joe Papp, the public, and the greatest story ever told.

Joseph Papp Oral History interviews.

Research Call Number

*LDC 51910, tracks 2-10

*LDC 51911, tracks 1-5

*LTC-A 719

*LTC-A 700