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Orpheus descending: a look back (excerpt)

Title
Orpheus descending: a look back (excerpt) [videorecording] / Presented by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts ; producer, Alan J. Pally.
Publication
New York, 2005.

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Additional Authors
  • Pally, Alan J
  • Smith, Lois, 1930-
  • Hirsch, Foster
  • Aronson, Lisa Jalowetz.
Description
1 videocassette (VHS) (19 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.
Summary
Excerpt from a program devoted to Tennessee Williams' drama Orpheus descending. Lois Smith, who appeared in the original Broadway production in 1957, performs a monologue from the play, and discusses her experience acting in it with interviewer Foster Hirsch. Lisa Aronson, whose husband Boris served as scenic designer for the production, is present during the discussion but does not speak in the portion recorded.
Subject
  • Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983
  • Smith, Lois, 1930- > Interviews
  • Actresses > Interviews
  • Theater > New York (State) > New York
Genre/Form
Interviews.
Note
  • No image, first two minutes.
  • Starts abruptly. Only the last portion of the program was recorded.
Access (note)
  • Restricted to qualified researchers.
Performer (note)
  • Interviewer: Foster Hirsch.
  • Featuring Lois Smith.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., June 13, 2005.
Call Number
NCOW 377
OCLC
817662456
Title
Orpheus descending: a look back (excerpt) [videorecording] / Presented by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts ; producer, Alan J. Pally.
Imprint
New York, 2005.
Access
Restricted to qualified researchers.
Cast
Interviewer: Foster Hirsch.
Featuring Lois Smith.
Event
Videotaped in the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., June 13, 2005.
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Added Author
Pally, Alan J, producer.
Smith, Lois, 1930- actor.
Smith, Lois, 1930- interviewee.
Hirsch, Foster, interviewer.
Aronson, Lisa Jalowetz.
Research Call Number
NCOW 377
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