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Additional authors

1. Williams, Treat
2. Cassidy, Patrick, 1962-
3. McGovern, Maureen
4. Smith, Rex
5. Ronstadt, Linda
6. New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater.
7. WABC-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) producer.
8. WNBC-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
9. WPIX-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) producer.

Description

1. 5 videocassettes (VHS) (31 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Television coverage related to the New York Shakespeare Festival Broadway production The pirates of Penzance. Six segments from New York aired January 22 to November 4, 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. Theater > New York (State) > New York
2. New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater
3. Interviews
4. Television
5. Williams, Treat > Interviews
6. Theatrical productions > New York (State) > New York > 1981-1990
7. Musical theater > 20th century > United States
8. Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900 > Pirates of Penzance
9. Smith, Rex > Interviews
10. Ronstadt,Linda > Interviews

Genre/Form

1. Television.
2. Interviews.

Call number

1. NCOX 5339

Note

1. These videos separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.
2. Segments taped off air.
3. Videocassettes contain substantial extraneous content.
4. No credits on tapes; title supplied by cataloger.
5. Videocassette one (ca. 5 min.): The today show, aired WNBC-TV, Channel 4, 1/22/1982. Interview with actor Treat Williams. Segment begins at 105 min.
6. Videocassette two (ca. 7 min.): Easter Seals telethon, WPIX-TV, Channel 11, aired 3/28/82. Cast members, including Patrick Cassidy and Maureen McGovern sing If you will cast your eyes on me and Poor wandering one from the Broadway production The pirates of Penzance. The performance is introduced by Gary Sandy; Marvin Hamlisch is the host. Segment starts at 11 min.
7. Videocassette three (ca. 7 min.): Live at five, aired WNBC-TV, Channel 4, 4/21/82. Rex Smith is interviewed about his role in the Broadway production The pirates of Penzance. Segment begins at 48 min.
8. Videocassette four (ca. 5 min.): Live at five, aired WNBC-TV, Channel 4, 4/28/82. Interview with Gary Sandy, currently playing the role of the pirate king in the Broadway production The pirates of Penzance. Includes clip from show. Segment begins at 43 min.
9. Videocassette five (ca. 7 min.): Eyewitness news, aired WABC-TV, Channel 7, 6/30/82. Patrick Cassidy discusses his role in the Broadway musical The pirates of Penzance. Segment begins at 49 min.
10. Videodisc six (ca. 6 min.): The today show, aired WNBC-TV, Channel 4, 11/4/1982. Linda Ronstadt.

Biography (note)

1. The pirates of Penzance was an adaptation of the 1879 operetta by W.S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan, produced by Joseph Papp and New York Shakespeare Festival. It ran during summer of 1980 at Central Park's Delacorte Theater. The cast included Kevin Kline as the Pirate King, Rex Smith as Frederic, Linda Ronstadt as Mabel, George Rose as Major-General Stanley and Patricia Routledge as Ruth. Papp brought the show to Broadway in January where it played at the Uris Theatre and then moved to the Minskoff Theatre with most of the same cast, Estelle Parsons replacing Routledge. The Broadway mounting lasted for 772 performances. Cast replacements included Treat Williams and Gary Sandy for the Pirate King, Kaye Ballard for Ruth and Maureen McGovern, Karla De Vito and Pam Dawber for Mabel and Patrick Cassidy for Frederic. The road company opened with Barry Bostwick, Jo Anne Worley, Pam Dawber and Andy Gibb, and James Belushi replaced Bostwick as the Pirate King. The original Broadway cast, with the exception of Angela Lansbury who played Ruth, performed in the 1983 film version released by Universal Pictures.

Title

1. The pirates of Penzance : related television coverage, January 22 to November 4, 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

Biography

1. The pirates of Penzance was an adaptation of the 1879 operetta by W.S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan, produced by Joseph Papp and New York Shakespeare Festival. It ran during summer of 1980 at Central Park's Delacorte Theater. The cast included Kevin Kline as the Pirate King, Rex Smith as Frederic, Linda Ronstadt as Mabel, George Rose as Major-General Stanley and Patricia Routledge as Ruth. Papp brought the show to Broadway in January where it played at the Uris Theatre and then moved to the Minskoff Theatre with most of the same cast, Estelle Parsons replacing Routledge. The Broadway mounting lasted for 772 performances. Cast replacements included Treat Williams and Gary Sandy for the Pirate King, Kaye Ballard for Ruth and Maureen McGovern, Karla De Vito and Pam Dawber for Mabel and Patrick Cassidy for Frederic. The road company opened with Barry Bostwick, Jo Anne Worley, Pam Dawber and Andy Gibb, and James Belushi replaced Bostwick as the Pirate King. The original Broadway cast, with the exception of Angela Lansbury who played Ruth, performed in the 1983 film version released by Universal Pictures.

Added author

1. Williams, Treat, interviewee.
2. Cassidy, Patrick, 1962- performer.
3. McGovern, Maureen, performer.
4. Smith, Rex, interviewee.
5. Ronstadt, Linda, interviewee.
6. New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater.
7. WABC-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) producer.
8. WNBC-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
9. WPIX-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) producer.

Research call number

1. NCOX 5339