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Oral history interview with Charles Gordone

Title
Oral history interview with Charles Gordone, 1987-04-02 [sound recording].
Author
Gordone, Charles.
Publication
1987.

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Additional Authors
Turan, Kenneth.
Description
1 sound cassette : analog.
Summary
African American dramatist, actor and director Charles Gordone discusses his background, his career as a playwright and his experience working with Joseph Papp on his first major work "No place to be somebody" that opened at the New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theatre, moved to ANTA Theatre in 1969 and to Off-Broadway in 1970, and for which he received the 1970 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. He also discusses such topics as self identification as a black artist and the role that black artists play in music and drama. He reminisces about his playwright-producer relationship with Papp, and about Papp's personality.
Alternative Title
  • Free for all: Joe Papp, the public, and the greatest story ever told.
  • Joseph Papp oral history interviews.
Subject
  • Gordone, Charles. > Interviews
  • Gordone, Charles. > Friends and associates
  • Gordone, Charles
  • Public Theater (New York, N.Y.)
  • Dramatists > Interviews
  • African Americans in the performing arts
  • African American dramatists > United States > Interviews.
  • African American dramatists > Awards.
  • Pulitzer Prizes
  • Award winners > United States.
  • Theater > Production and direction > History > United States > 20th century
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)
  • On original cassette with an Oral history interview with Christopher Walken (side B).
Access (note)
  • Access to original items restricted.
Event (note)
  • Recorded [in New York?], Apr. 2, 1987.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Service compact disc (1 sound disc : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.) available on *LDC 51639.
Call Number
*LDC 51639
OCLC
777983887
Author
Gordone, Charles. Interviewee
Title
Oral history interview with Charles Gordone, 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 disc (1 sound disc : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.) available on *LDC 51639.
With:
On original cassette with an Oral history interview with Christopher Walken (side B).
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Added Author
Turan, Kenneth. Interviewer
Papp, 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 51639
*LTC-A 759
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