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The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess

Title: The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess [videorecording] / Primetime/BBC and Homevale/Greg Smith, in association with American Playhouse and Thirteen/WNET, presents ; produced by Greg Smith and Stephany Marks ; executive producers, Richard Price and Dennis Marks ; executive producers for Great Performances, Lindsay Law and Jac Venza ; music by George Gershwin ; lyrics by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin ; libretto by DuBose Heyward ; based on the play "Porgy," by DuBose and Dorothy Heyward ; adapted for television by Trevor Nunn with Yves Baignères ; choreographer, Charles Augins ; directed by Trevor Nunn ; [produced for] BBC-TV.
Publication: New York, c1993.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Videocassette 2	Moving image	Restricted use	NCOX 1002 Videocassette 2	Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Videocassette 1	Moving image	Restricted use	NCOX 1002 Videocassette 1	Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT

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Description

2 videocassettes (VHS) (181 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in.

Series Statement

American Playhouse
Great performances

Uniform Title

American playhouse (Television program)
Great performances (WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.))

Alternative Title

Porgy & Bess

Subject

Genre/Form

Musicals.
Television.

Access (note)

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

Conducted by Simon Rattle ; original stage design by John Gunter ; designed for television by Eric Walmsley ; lighting director, Chris Townsend ; costume design by Sue Blane ; fight director, Terry King ; videotape editor, St. John O'Rorke.

Performer (note)

Willard White, Cynthia Haymon, Gregg Baker, Cynthia Clarey, Marietta Simpson, Damon Evans, Paula Ingram, Harolyn Blackwell, Gordon Hawkins, Bruce Hubbard, Curtis Watson, Maureen Brathwaite, Camellia Johnson, Alan Tilvern, Ted Maynard, Wayne Marshall, et al.
Orchestra: London Philharmonic.

Event (note)

Made at Shepperton Studios, London, England. Originally broadcast on WNET/13, New York, N.Y., Oct. 6, 1993.

Call Number

NCOX 1002

OCLC

1030751430

Title

The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess [videorecording] / Primetime/BBC and Homevale/Greg Smith, in association with American Playhouse and Thirteen/WNET, presents ; produced by Greg Smith and Stephany Marks ; executive producers, Richard Price and Dennis Marks ; executive producers for Great Performances, Lindsay Law and Jac Venza ; music by George Gershwin ; lyrics by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin ; libretto by DuBose Heyward ; based on the play "Porgy," by DuBose and Dorothy Heyward ; adapted for television by Trevor Nunn with Yves Baignères ; choreographer, Charles Augins ; directed by Trevor Nunn ; [produced for] BBC-TV.

Imprint

New York, c1993.

Series

American Playhouse

Great performances

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

Conducted by Simon Rattle ; original stage design by John Gunter ; designed for television by Eric Walmsley ; lighting director, Chris Townsend ; costume design by Sue Blane ; fight director, Terry King ; videotape editor, St. John O'Rorke.

Cast

Willard White, Cynthia Haymon, Gregg Baker, Cynthia Clarey, Marietta Simpson, Damon Evans, Paula Ingram, Harolyn Blackwell, Gordon Hawkins, Bruce Hubbard, Curtis Watson, Maureen Brathwaite, Camellia Johnson, Alan Tilvern, Ted Maynard, Wayne Marshall, et al.

Orchestra: London Philharmonic.

Event

Made at Shepperton Studios, London, England. Originally broadcast on WNET/13, New York, N.Y., Oct. 6, 1993.

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Smith, Greg, 1939-2009, producer.

Marks, Stephany, producer.

Price, Richard (Television producer)

Marks, Dennis, 1948-2015, producer.

Law, Lindsay, producer.

Venza, Jac, producer.

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Porgy and Bess.

Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940, lyricist.

Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940, librettist.

Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983, lyricist.

Heyward, Dorothy, 1890-1961.

Nunn, Trevor, adapter.

Nunn, Trevor, director.

Baignères, Yves, adapter.

Augins, Charles, choreographer.

Rattle, Simon, 1955- conductor.

Gunter, John, 1938-2016, set designer.

Walmsley, Eric, set designer.

Townsend, Chris, lighting designer.

Blane, Sue, costume designer.

King, Terry, fight director.

O'Rorke, St. John, editor of moving image work.

White, Willard, performer.

Haymon, Cynthia, performer.

Baker, Gregg, performer.

Clarey, Cynthia, performer.

Simpson, Marietta, performer.

Evans, Damon, performer.

Ingram, Paula, performer.

Blackwell, Harolyn, performer.

Hawkins, Gordon, performer.

Hubbard, Bruce, performer.

Watson, Curtis, performer.

Brathwaite, Maureen, performer.

Johnson, Camellia, performer.

Tilvern, Alan, 1918-2003, performer.

Maynard, Ted, performer.

Marshall, Wayne, 1961- performer.

London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Homevale (Firm)

Primetime (Firm)

British Broadcasting Corporation.

WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)

Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

Added Title

American playhouse (Television program)

Great performances (WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.))

Research Call Number

NCOX 1002

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