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How she played the game

Title
How she played the game [videorecording] / The Women's Project of the American Place Theatre, Wynn Handman, director, Julia Miles, associate director, presents ; [written] by Cynthia Cooper ; directed by Bryna Wortman ; [video director] Jack Adolphi.
Publication
New York, 1986.

Details

Additional Authors
  • Handman, Wynn
  • Miles, Julia
  • Cooper, Cynthia L., 1950-
  • Wortman, Bryna
  • Malamud, Marc D
  • Mayhew, Ina
  • Dearing, Judy
  • Hoefler, Charles E.
  • Harris, Gary
  • Loftus, Mary Fran
  • Stevens, Susan
  • Adolphi, Jack
  • Women's Project (New York, N.Y.), producer
  • American Place Theatre (Organization), producer
Description
1 videocassette (VHS) (40 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.
Summary
One-person show, based on the lives of several prominent female athletes.
Series Statement
Women Heroes: In Praise of Exceptional Women
Subject
  • Sears, Eleonora Randolph, 1881-1968 > Drama
  • Gibson, Althea, 1927-2003 > Drama
  • Ederle, Gertrude, 1906-2003 > Drama
  • Henie, Sonja, 1912-1969 > Drama
  • Bergmann, Gretel, 1914- > Drama
  • Zaharias, Babe Didrikson, 1911-1956 > Drama
  • African American women tennis players > Drama
  • Athletes > United States > Drama
  • Jewish athletes > Germany > Drama
  • Skaters > Norway > Drama
  • Swimmers > United States > Drama
  • Tennis players > United States > Drama
  • Women athletes > Drama
  • Women athletes > United States > Drama
  • Women swimmers > United States > Drama
  • Women tennis players > Drama
  • Women track and field athletes > Germany > Drama
  • One-person shows (Performing arts)
  • Theater > New York (State) > New York
  • Theatrical productions > New York (State) > New York > 1981-1990
Genre/Form
Drama.
Note
  • No credits on tape. Production information gathered from the files of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
  • This play was staged as part of a series of one-acts by and about women, performed March 21-April 6, 1986. The series was called Women Heroes: In Praise of Exceptional Women.
  • Videorecordings of the other plays in this series include Parallax -- In Honor of Daisy Bates [and] Personality (NCOV 495), Colette in love (NCOV 497), Millie [and] Emma Goldman (NCOV 498).
Access (note)
  • Restricted to qualified researchers.
Credits (note)
  • Sets by Marc D. Malamud and Ina Mayhew ; costumes by Judy Dearing ; lighting by Marc D. Malamud ; projections designer, Charles E. Hoefler ; sound designer, Gary Harris ; prod. stage manager, Mary Fran Loftus.
Performer (note)
  • Featuring Susan Stevens.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped at the Samuel Beckett Theatre, New York, N.Y., April 5, 1986.
Call Number
NCOV 496
OCLC
919643845
Title
How she played the game [videorecording] / The Women's Project of the American Place Theatre, Wynn Handman, director, Julia Miles, associate director, presents ; [written] by Cynthia Cooper ; directed by Bryna Wortman ; [video director] Jack Adolphi.
Imprint
New York, 1986.
Series
Women Heroes: In Praise of Exceptional Women
Access
Restricted to qualified researchers.
Credits
Sets by Marc D. Malamud and Ina Mayhew ; costumes by Judy Dearing ; lighting by Marc D. Malamud ; projections designer, Charles E. Hoefler ; sound designer, Gary Harris ; prod. stage manager, Mary Fran Loftus.
Cast
Featuring Susan Stevens.
Event
Videotaped at the Samuel Beckett Theatre, New York, N.Y., April 5, 1986.
Added Author
Handman, Wynn, producer.
Miles, Julia, producer.
Cooper, Cynthia L., 1950- How she played the game.
Wortman, Bryna, director.
Malamud, Marc D, set designer.
Malamud, Marc D, lighting designer.
Mayhew, Ina, set designer.
Dearing, Judy, costume designer.
Hoefler, Charles E., projections designer.
Harris, Gary, sound designer.
Loftus, Mary Fran, production stage manager.
Stevens, Susan, actor.
Adolphi, Jack, videographer.
Women's Project (New York, N.Y.), producer.
American Place Theatre (Organization), producer.
Research Call Number
NCOV 496
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