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Oral history interview with Walter Jones
- Title
- Oral history interview with Walter Jones, 1987-04-30 [sound recording].
- Author
- Jones, Walter.
- Publication
- 1987.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Spoken word recording | Use in library | *LDC 51916 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Spoken word recording | Use in library | *LDC 51915 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Turan, Kenneth.
- Description
- 1 sound cassette : analog.
- Summary
- African American actor Walter Jones speaks about the production of Charles Gordone's play No place to be somebody (directed by Ted Cornell) during the New York Shakespeare Festival in 1969, the work that he initiated and introduced to Joseph Papp and in which he played the role of Sweets Crane. He also talks about his experience working with Joseph Papp, a founder and director of the New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater.
- Alternative Title
- Free for all: Joe Papp, the public, and the greatest story ever told.
- Joseph Papp Oral History interviews.
- Subjects
- Theatrical producers and directors > United States
- Papp, Joseph > Friends and associates
- African American actors > Interviews
- Public Theater (New York, N.Y.)
- Interviews (Sound recordings)
- New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater
- Oral histories
- Jones, Walter > Friends and associates
- Theater > Production and direction > United States > History > 20th century
- Gordone, Charles > No place to be somebody
- Jones, Walter > Interviews
- 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 John Mazzola.
- Part 1 of the interview is on original cassette with part 2 of an Oral history interview with John Mazzola (side A).
- Access (note)
- Access to original items restricted.
- Event (note)
- Recorded [in New York?], Apr. 30, 1987.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Service compact discs (2 sound discs : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.); interview begins on *LDC 51915, track 9 and concludes on *LDC 51916.
- Call Number
- *LDC 51915, track 9
- OCLC
- 770066533
- Author
- Jones, Walter. Interviewee
- Title
- Oral history interview with Walter Jones, 1987-04-30 [sound recording].
- Imprint
- 1987.
- Event
- Recorded [in New York?], Apr. 30, 1987.
- Access
- Access to original items restricted.
- Additional Formats
- Service compact discs (2 sound discs : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.); interview begins on *LDC 51915, track 9 and concludes on *LDC 51916.
- With:
- Part 1 of the interview is on CD with part 2 of an Oral history interview with John Mazzola.Part 1 of the interview is on original cassette with part 2 of an Oral history interview with John Mazzola (side A).
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Turan, Kenneth. InterviewerPapp, Gail Merrifield. Donor
- Added Title
- Free for all: Joe Papp, the public, and the greatest story ever told.Joseph Papp Oral History interviews.
- Research Call Number
- *LDC 51915, track 9*LDC 51916*LTC-A 783