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Oral history interview with David Mitchell
- Title
- Oral history interview with David Mitchell , 1987-04-02 [sound recording].
- Author
- Mitchell, David.
- 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. | Audio | Use in library | *LDC 51637 | 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. | Audio | Use in library | *LDC 51636 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Turan, Kenneth.
- Description
- 2 sound cassettes : analog.
- Summary
- David Mitchell speaks about the beginning of his career as a scenic designer and his experience working with Joseph Papp during the New York Shakespeare Festival, New York, N. Y. in 1970's. He reminisces about beginning as an assistant to Ming Cho Lee (set designer of the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park at that time) and eventually becoming a long-time set designer of various productions, both at the theater's downtown Manhattan home and at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, due to Papp's efforts.
- Alternative Title
- Free for all: Joe Papp, the public, and the greatest story ever told.
- Joseph Papp oral history interviews.
- Subjects
- Interviews (Sound recordings)
- Theater > Production and direction > United States > History > 20th century
- Lee, Ming Cho > Influence
- Papp, Joseph > Friends and associates
- Public Theater (New York, N.Y.)
- Set designers > United States > Interviews
- New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater
- Oral histories
- Mitchell, David > Interviews
- Mitchell, David > Friends and associates
- 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 is on original cassette with part 2 of an Oral history interview with Herta Danis (side B), and part 2 (side B) is on original cassette with an Oral history interview with Jerry Ragni and Jimmy Rado (side A).
- Access (note)
- Access to original items restricted.
- Event (note)
- Recorded [in New York?], Apr. 2, 1987.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Service compact discs (2 sound discs : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.); interview begins on *LDC 51636, tracks 4-9 and concludes on *LDC 51637.
- Call Number
- *LDC 51636, tracks 4-9
- OCLC
- 770068378
- Author
- Mitchell, David. Interviewee
- Title
- Oral history interview with David Mitchell , 1987-04-02 [sound recording].
- Imprint
- 1987.
- Event
- Recorded [in New York?], Apr. 2, 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 51636, tracks 4-9 and concludes on *LDC 51637.
- With:
- Part 1 is on original cassette with part 2 of an Oral history interview with Herta Danis (side B), and part 2 (side B) is on original cassette with an Oral history interview with Jerry Ragni and Jimmy Rado (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 51636, tracks 4-9*LDC 51637*LTC-A 765*LTC-A 779