Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Hurst, Gregory S
2. Liscow, Wendy
3. Edelman, David
4. St. Germain, Mark
5. Pace, Atkin
6. Forbes, Barbara
7. Holder, Donald
8. Courts, Randy
9. Suenkel, Michael
10. Parsons, Estelle
11. Andrews, Meghan
12. Davidson, Jack
13. Harris, Harriet Sansom, 1955-
14. Louden, Michael
15. Morgan, James
16. George Street Playhouse (New Brunswick, N.J.), producer

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS) (86 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of the George Street Playhouse.

Subject

1. Typhoid Mary, 1869-1938 > Drama
2. Communicable diseases > Transmission > Drama
3. Typhoid fever > New York (State) > New York > Drama
4. Theater > New Jersey > New Brunswick
5. Theatrical productions > New Jersey > New Brunswick > 1991-2000

Genre/Form

1. Drama.

Call number

1. NCOV 1870

Note

1. Production team credited on tape; actors not identified.
2. Copy of program available.

Access (note)

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

1. Set design, Atkin Pace ; costume design, Barbara Forbes ; lighting design, Donald Holder ; music composed & sound designed by Randy Courts ; stage manager, Michael Suenkel.

Performer (note)

1. Estelle Parsons, Meghan Andrews, Jack Davidson, Harriet Harris, Michael Louden, James Morgan.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped at the George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick, N.J., March 1991.

Biography (note)

1. Mary Mallon (Sep. 23, 1869 - Nov. 11, 1938) was born in Ireland and emigrated to the United States as a teenager. She obtained work as a domestic servant and worked as a cook in the New York area between 1900 and 1907. At some point in her youth she contracted typhoid fever but recovered and continued working as a cook without realizing that she had become a carrier. Dozens of people who ate food prepared by Mallon became ill, two of whom died. She was quarantined for three years and when she was released she resumed work as a cook in a hospital, infecting twenty-five more people, two of whom died. She was arrested once more and quarantined for life.

Title

1. Forgiving Typhoid Mary [videorecording] / George Street Playhouse, Gregory S. Hurst, producing artistic director, Wendy Liscow, associate artistic director, David Edelman, managing director, presents ; [written] by Mark St. Germain ; directed by Gregory S. Hurst.

Imprint

1. New Brunswick, N.J., 1991.

Access

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

1. Set design, Atkin Pace ; costume design, Barbara Forbes ; lighting design, Donald Holder ; music composed & sound designed by Randy Courts ; stage manager, Michael Suenkel.

Cast

1. Estelle Parsons, Meghan Andrews, Jack Davidson, Harriet Harris, Michael Louden, James Morgan.

Event

1. Videotaped at the George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick, N.J., March 1991.

Biography

1. Mary Mallon (Sep. 23, 1869 - Nov. 11, 1938) was born in Ireland and emigrated to the United States as a teenager. She obtained work as a domestic servant and worked as a cook in the New York area between 1900 and 1907. At some point in her youth she contracted typhoid fever but recovered and continued working as a cook without realizing that she had become a carrier. Dozens of people who ate food prepared by Mallon became ill, two of whom died. She was quarantined for three years and when she was released she resumed work as a cook in a hospital, infecting twenty-five more people, two of whom died. She was arrested once more and quarantined for life.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre on Film and Tape Archive Special Collections material

Added author

1. Hurst, Gregory S, producer.
2. Hurst, Gregory S, director.
3. Liscow, Wendy, producer.
4. Edelman, David, producer.
5. St. Germain, Mark. Forgiving Typhoid Mary.
6. Pace, Atkin, set designer.
7. Forbes, Barbara, costume designer.
8. Holder, Donald, lighting designer.
9. Courts, Randy, composer.
10. Courts, Randy, sound designer.
11. Suenkel, Michael, stage manager.
12. Parsons, Estelle, actor.
13. Andrews, Meghan, actor.
14. Davidson, Jack, actor.
15. Harris, Harriet Sansom, 1955- actor.
16. Louden, Michael, actor.
17. Morgan, James, actor.
18. George Street Playhouse (New Brunswick, N.J.), producer.

Research call number

1. NCOV 1870