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Additional authors

1. Benjamin, Mark, 1947-
2. Benjamin, Elisabeth Fink
3. Koplin, Mert
4. Grinker, Charles
5. Fishko, Sara
6. Moyers, Bill D.
7. Corporation for Entertainment and Learning.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS) (56 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. In this documentary, the final episode of Bill Moyers' seventeen-part series exploring human creativity, we visit the High School of Performing Arts in New York City, where the students rehearse scenes, attend lectures, and discuss their work. There are performance excerpts from two student productions: Shakespeare's The taming of the shrew, and Bertolt Brecht's The threepenny opera.

Series statement

1. Creativity with Bill Moyers

Uniform title

1. Creativity with Bill Moyers (Television program)

Subject

1. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
2. Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956
3. High School of Performing Arts (New York, N.Y.)
4. Acting > Study and teaching
5. Drama in education
6. Musical theater > New York (State) > New York
7. Theater > New York (State) > New York

Genre/Form

1. Documentaries and factual works.
2. Television.

Call number

1. NCOX 311

Note

1. No credits on tape. Production information gathered from the files of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.

Access (note)

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

1. Director of photography, Mark Benjamin ; editor, Sara Fishko.

Performer (note)

1. Host, Bill Moyers.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in October 1981. Originally broadcast on WNET/13, New York, N.Y., May 21, 1982.

Title

1. Young at art: New York High School for the Performing Arts [videorecording] / A production of the Corporation for Entertainment and Learning for WNET-TV ; produced by Mark Benjamin and Elisabeth Fink Benjamin ; co-executive producers, Merton Koplin and Charles Grinker ; directed by Mark Benjamin.

Imprint

1. New York, 1982.

Series

1. Creativity with Bill Moyers

Access

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

1. Director of photography, Mark Benjamin ; editor, Sara Fishko.

Cast

1. Host, Bill Moyers.

Event

1. Videotaped in October 1981. Originally broadcast on WNET/13, New York, N.Y., May 21, 1982.

Connect to:

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

Added author

1. Benjamin, Mark, 1947- film producer.
2. Benjamin, Mark, 1947- film director.
3. Benjamin, Mark, 1947- dirctor of photography.
4. Benjamin, Elisabeth Fink, film producer.
5. Koplin, Mert, film producer.
6. Grinker, Charles, film producer.
7. Fishko, Sara, editor of moving image work.
8. Moyers, Bill D., host.
9. Corporation for Entertainment and Learning.

Added title

1. Creativity with Bill Moyers (Television program)

Research call number

1. NCOX 311