Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Ratray, Peter
2. Levine, Jeremy
3. Van Soest, Landon
4. Laurents, Arthur
5. Saint, David
6. Dramatists Guild Fund.
7. Transient Pictures (Firm)
8. Filmakers Library, inc.

Description

1. 1 videodisc (DVD) (47 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Playwright, librettist and screenwriter Arthur Laurents talks about aspects of his life in the performing arts with David Saint. He discusses his writing process, influences, and collaborators, the differences between working in the theater and in Hollywood, his experiences in the blacklist era, projects such as the movie The way we were and the stage musical Nick & Nora, and a number of recent shows by other artists he has enjoyed.

Series statement

1. Legacy Project: dramatists talk about their work

Alternative title

1. Legacy Project: dramatists talk about their work. Volume 1
2. Interview with Arthur Laurents

Subject

1. Dramatists, American > Interviews
2. Interviews
3. Librettists > Interviews
4. Musical theater > New York (State) > New York
5. Blacklisting of authors > United States
6. Laurents, Arthur > Friends and associates
7. Strouse, Charles > Nick & Nora
8. Dramatists > Interviews
9. Theater > New York (State) > New York
10. Laurents, Arthur > Interviews
11. Playwriting > Technique
12. Way we were (Motion picture)

Genre/Form

1. Interviews.

Call number

1. NCOX 2726

Note

1. Title from opening credits.

Access (note)

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped at the home of Arthur Laurents, New York, N.Y., 2009.

Title

1. Arthur Laurents in conversation with David Saint [videorecording] / The Dramatists Guild Fund presents ; a production of Transient Pictures ; producer, Peter Ratray ; directed by Jeremy Levine and Landon Van Soest.

Imprint

1. New York: Transient Pictures: Distributed by Filmakers Library, c2011.

Type of content

1. two-dimensional moving image

Type of medium

1. video

Type of carrier

1. videodisc

Series

1. Legacy Project: dramatists talk about their work

Access

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Event

1. Videotaped at the home of Arthur Laurents, New York, N.Y., 2009.

Local note

1. Gift of James Lapine.

Connect to:

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

Added author

1. Ratray, Peter, producer.
2. Levine, Jeremy, director.
3. Van Soest, Landon, director.
4. Laurents, Arthur, interviewee.
5. Saint, David, interviewer.
6. Dramatists Guild Fund.
7. Transient Pictures (Firm)
8. Filmakers Library, inc.
9. Lapine, James, donor.

Research call number

1. NCOX 2726