- Additional Authors
- Found In
- Leida Snow collection of audio interviews and reports on theater, culture and arts.
- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (approximately 59 minutes) : digital, stereo.
- Summary
- Part 1. Anne Theroux, BBC radio host, covers various topics about theatrical life of London and New York, such as the power of the media, the role of the artist in South Africa, in Pakistan, and the 1990 premiere of the play "Earwig" (by Paula Milne) at the Barbican theater, the Royal Shakespeare Company home in London. Includes a brief excerpt from the play, accompanied by review by British author and arts critic Michael Billington. Also includes Leida Snow's review of the New York Shakespeare Festival production of Shakespeare's "The taming of the shrew" held in 1990 at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, with Morgan Freeman as Petruchio, and Tracey Ullman as Kate, and brief recorded excerpt from the play.
- Part 2. Miriam Newman, BBC radio host, introduces various cultural events held in 1990 in Europe and America. She announces Paper mask, the 1990 British drama film directed by Christopher Morahan. Includes brief interview with John Collee who wrote the screenplay based on his novel. Includes Leida Snow's review of Shōgun, the new musical, with a book and lyrics by John Driver, and music by Paul Chihara, based on James Clavell's 1976 novel, and the 1980 television mini-series of the same name based on it. Snow's review accompanied by brief interviews with John Driver, the librettist and lyricist, Michael Smuin, director and choreographer, and Peter Karrie, the leading man. The program also includes Gideon Bachmann's observation of the 1990 Venice Film Festival; and Newman's announcement of the premiere of English National Opera's production of the opera Wojciech (music by Alban Berg ; based on Büchner's play), accompanied by interview with Victor Price, translator of Büchner's plays, who discusses the production; and excerpt from the opera. Newman also reports on other news from the Royal Opera, such as conductor Colin Davis who was awarded with the Silver Medal for his 25 years association with the Royal Opera after he conducted Puccini's opera Turandot, excerpts of which played during the program; accompanied by the interview with operatic soprano Gwyneth Jones.
- Alternative Title
- Leida Snow collection of audio interviews and reports on theater, culture and arts.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Radio programs.
- Interviews.
- Reviews.
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- Title provided by cataloger.
- Streaming file transferred from original audiocassette.
- Access (note)
- Access to original item restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at the NYPL Research Libraries.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Archival original: (1 audiocassette : analog, stereo) in *LTC-A 1806.
- Source (note)
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of: Leida Snow collection of audio interviews and reports on theater, culture and arts, *L(Special) 09-02.
- Call Number
- *LTC-A 1806
- OCLC
- 930384420
- Title
Meridian: Shakespeare, South Africa, and soap opera : art in society / Leida Snow, interviewee.
- Production
[1990].
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Performer
Anne Theroux, host and interviewer (Part 1) ; Miriam Newman, host and interviewer (Part 2) ; Leida Snow, interviewee (Parts 1 and 2).
- Event
Part 1 Broadcast on BBC 1990 July 13
Part 2 Broadcast on BBC 1990
- Access
Access to original item restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at the NYPL Research Libraries.
- Additional Formats
Archival original: (1 audiocassette : analog, stereo) in *LTC-A 1806.
- Linking Entry
Forms part of: Leida Snow collection of audio interviews and reports on theater, culture and arts, *L(Special) 09-02.
- Source
Gift; Leida Snow, 2009.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Snow, Leida, interviewee.
Newman, Miriam, interviewer.
Newman, Miriam, host.
Theroux, Anne, host.
Theroux, Anne, interviewer.
British Broadcasting Corporation.
Snow, Leida, donor.
- Added Title
Leida Snow collection of audio interviews and reports on theater, culture and arts.
- Found In:
Leida Snow collection of audio interviews and reports on theater, culture and arts.
- Research Call Number
*LTC-A 1806