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Additional authors

1. Ruehl, Mercedes
2. Chapin, Andrea
3. Kern, Maxene
4. Davis, Jacqueline Z. (Jacqueline Zurat), 1946-
5. Corwin, Betty L
6. Hoffman, Patrick.
7. Character Generators/Video.
8. League of Professional Theatre Women.
9. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.

Description

1. 1 videodisc (DVD) (64 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Mercedes Ruehl discusses her career as an actor on stage and in film with author Andrea Chapin. She describes her early years as a performer, her struggle with nerves, her work with various playwrights, in particular Edward Albee, and also talks about her experiences in several stage productions, including Neil Simon's Lost in Yonkers and Albee's The goat, or, Who is Sylvia? Prior to the interview, Chapin pays tribute to the New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.

Alternative title

1. Mercedes Ruehl in conversation with Andrea Chapin

Subject

1. Albee, Edward, 1928-2016 > Goat, or, Who is Sylvia?
2. Actresses > Interviews
3. Ruehl, Mercedes > Interviews
4. Ruehl, Mercedes > Friends and associates
5. Simon, Neil > Lost in Yonkers
6. Theater > New York (State) > New York
7. Interviews
8. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts > Billy Rose Theatre Division > Theatre on Film and Tape Archive
9. Albee, Edward, 1928-2016 > Friends and associates

Genre/Form

1. Interviews.

Call number

1. NCOW 333

Access (note)

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Performer (note)

1. Opening remarks: Maxene Kern and Jacqueline Z. Davis.
2. Introduction: Betty L. Corwin.
3. Interviewed by Andrea Chapin.

Event (note)

1. 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., Jan. 13, 2014.

Title

1. Interview with Mercedes Ruehl [videorecording] / [Presented by] The League of Professional Theatre Women ; [video prod. company] Character Generators, Inc. ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Patrick Hoffman, director.

Imprint

1. New York, c2014.

Access

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Cast

1. Opening remarks: Maxene Kern and Jacqueline Z. Davis.
2. Introduction: Betty L. Corwin.
3. Interviewed by Andrea Chapin.

Event

1. 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., Jan. 13, 2014.

Connect to:

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

Added author

1. Ruehl, Mercedes, interviewee.
2. Chapin, Andrea, interviewer.
3. Kern, Maxene, speaker.
4. Davis, Jacqueline Z. (Jacqueline Zurat), 1946- speaker.
5. Corwin, Betty L, speaker.
6. Hoffman, Patrick.
7. Character Generators/Video.
8. League of Professional Theatre Women.
9. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.

Note

1. Title on tape: Mercedes Ruehl in conversation with Andrea Chapin

Research call number

1. NCOW 333