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Interview with Horton Foote

Title
Interview with Horton Foote / conducted by Michael Wilson ; February 15, 2008 ; Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y. ; [video production company] Parker/Hodges Productions ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Patrick Hoffman, director.
Publication
  • New York: Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, [2008]
  • ©2008

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Foote, Horton
  • Wilson, Michael, 1964-
  • Hoffman, Patrick.
  • Parker/Hodges Productions.
  • New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
Description
1 streaming video file (89 min.) : sound, color.
Summary
Playwright Horton Foote discusses his life and work, starting with his childhood in Wharton, Texas, which became the setting for many of his plays. He describes his early years as an actor, how encouragement from choreographer Agnes De Mille inspired him to become a writer, and tells how a short drama he wrote for television grew into the nine-play Orphans' home cycle. Foote compares working for the stage with writing for television and film, speaks of some of his influences and his experiences adapting other writers' work, and discusses specific elements in his plays, such as family, race, religion, and music.
Alternative Title
Horton Foote interview
Subject
  • Foote, Horton > Interviews
  • Foote, Horton > Childhood and youth
  • Foote, Horton > Family
  • Foote, Horton
  • De Milles, Agnes > Friends and associates
  • Theater > New York (State) > New York
Genre/Form
Interviews.
Note
  • Title from opening credits.
  • This interview can be accessed via physical media (DVD) in the screening room of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive: call number NCOW 296.
Access (note)
  • Restricted to qualified researchers.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive in the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., February 15, 2008.
Source (note)
  • O#PAMI;
Call Number
NCOW 296
OCLC
1333221338
Title
Interview with Horton Foote / conducted by Michael Wilson ; February 15, 2008 ; Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y. ; [video production company] Parker/Hodges Productions ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Patrick Hoffman, director.
Production
New York: Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, [2008]
Copyright Date
©2008
Type of Content
spoken word
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
video file
Access
Restricted to qualified researchers.
Event
Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive in the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., February 15, 2008.
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Added Author
Foote, Horton, interviewee.
Wilson, Michael, 1964- interviewer.
Hoffman, Patrick.
Parker/Hodges Productions.
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
Other Form:
digital transfer of (videodisc): 1 videodisc ; 4 3/4 in. (OCoLC) b168507870 Interview with Horton Foote. New York:2008
Research Call Number
NCOW 296
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