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Additional authors

1. New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater.
2. WCBS-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) producer.
3. WNBC-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
4. WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
5. WWOR-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) producer.
6. WPIX-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) producer.

Description

1. 12 videocassettes (VHS) (201 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Compilation of television coverage related to the New York Shakespeare Festival. Thirteen segments from New York, N.Y. aired January 10 to December 28, 1982.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of the Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival.

Series statement

1. Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection

Subject

1. Challenged books
2. Interviews
3. McAnuff, Des > Death of Baron von Richthofen as witnessed from earth
4. Swados, Elizabeth
5. Historic buildings > New York (State) > New York
6. Moriarty, Michael, 1941-
7. Theater > New York (State) > New York
8. Television
9. Landmarks at risk
10. Churchill, Caryl > Top girls
11. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Hamlet
12. Hamlisch, Marvin > Chorus line
13. New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater > Save the Theaters
14. Theatrical productions > New York (State) > New York > 1981-1990
15. Censorship
16. Times Square (New York, N.Y.)

Genre/Form

1. Television.
2. Interviews.

Call number

1. NCOX 5088

Note

1. These videos separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.
2. Compilation of segments taped off air. Segments are compiled on twelve videocassettes.
3. Broadcast, credit and content information gathered from New York Shakespeare Festival inventory list.
4. Title supplied by cataloger.
5. Tapes contain substantial extraneous content.
6. Videocassette one (ca. 10 min.): CBS morning news, aired WCBS-TV, Channel 2, 1/10/82. Feature on actor Michael Moriarty. Segment begins at 76 min.
7. Videocassette two (ca. 6 min.): Channel 2 news, aired WCBS-TV, Channel 2, 4/8/82. Colleen Dewhurst is interviewed about the New York Shakespeare Festival's Save the Theaters campaign. Segment begins at 52:30 min.
8. Videocassette three (ca. 60 min.) The today show, aired WNBC-TV, Channel 4, 5/28/82. Composer Elizabeth Swados is a featured guest. Segment begins at 40 min.
9. Videocassette four (ca. 60 min.) Forbidden books at the Public Theater, aired WNET-TV, Channel 13, 6/7/82. Book censorship. Segment begins at 5 min. Directed by Christopher Lucas.
10. Videocassette five (ca. 37 min. ) Straight talk, aired WWOR-TV, Channel 9, 7/19/82. Discussion re: the development of 42nd Street and the preservation of historic Broadway theaters, with actors Tony Randall and Marian Seldes and drama critic Clive Barnes. Segment begins at 25 min. Commercials are included.
11. Videocassette six (ca. 2 min. and 3 min.): Segment one. Channel 2 news, aired WCBS-TV, Channel 2, 7/24/82. Dennis Cunningham on the movie version of the musical The pirates of Penzance and the Joseph Papp/New York Shakespeare Festival production The death of Baron von Richthofen as witnessed from earth, at the Public Theater. Includes performance clip. Segment begins at 7 min. Segment two. News, aired WPIX-TV, Channel 11, 7/29/82. Jeffrey Lyons reviews The death of Baron von Richthofen . . . . Segment begins at 77 min.
12. Videocassette seven (ca.1 min.): Channel 2 news at 6, aired WCBS-TV, Channel 2, 9/13/82. Dennis Cunningham on celebrity fundraising event for the Off-Broadway playhouse Second Stage. Actors Elizabeth McGovern, Treat Williams and Kevin Kline are featured. Segment begins at 57 min.
13. Videocassette eight (ca. 2 min.): Channel 2 news, aired WCBS-TV, Channel 2, 11/2/82. Dennis Cunningham reviews the Joseph Papp/New York Shakespeare Festival Broadway production of the play Plenty by David Hare. Segment begins at 30 min.
14. Videocassette nine (ca. 4 min.) (ca. 2 min. and 2 min.): Segment one. Channel 2 news, aired WCBS-TV, Channel 2, 12/2/82. Dennis Cunningham on the New York Shakespeare Festival production of Hamlet, directed by Joseph Papp, at the Public Theater. Includes performance clip. Segment begins at 67 min. Segment two. Channel 5 news, aired WNEW-TV, Channel 5, 12/2/82. Stewart Klein reviews Hamlet. Segment begins at 119 min.
15. Videocassette ten (ca. 2 min.): 10 o'clock news, aired WNEW-TV, Channel 5, 12/28/82. Stewart Klein reviews the play Top girls by Caryl Churchill at the Public Theater. He also mentions Plenty and A chorus line. Segment begins at 65 min.
16. Videocassette eleven (ca. 8 min.): Night of 100 stars, [1982?]. Program includes segments featuring the New York Shakespeare Festival productions A chorus line and The pirates of Penzance.
17. Videocassette twelve (ca. 4 min.): Texaco star theater, aired WNBC-TV, Channel 4, 9/11/82. Broadway musical revue featuring the cast of A chorus line. The cast performs the numbers What I did for love and One/finale beginning at 54:37 min.

Access (note)

1. Preservation pending. Appointment and tape transfer required before viewing.

Title

1. New York Shakespeare Festival : related television coverage from New York, January 10 to December 28, 1982 [videorecording]

Imprint

1. New York, 1982.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

1. Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection

Access

1. Preservation pending. Appointment and tape transfer required before viewing.

Added author

1. New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater.
2. WCBS-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) producer.
3. WNBC-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
4. WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
5. WWOR-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) producer.
6. WPIX-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) producer.

Research call number

1. NCOX 5088