Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Barrie, Frank
2. Barrie, Frank
3. MacKechnie, Donald
4. Macready, William Charles, 1793-1873
5. Corwin, Betty L.
6. Circle Repertory Company, producer
7. Globe Enterprises
8. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive

Description

1. 2 videocassettes (95 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 3/4 in. (U-matic)

Summary

1. One-person show based on the diaries of English actor William Charles Macready (1793-1873), whose rivalry with American actor Edwin Forrest indirectly touched off the Astor Place riot in New York City in 1849.

Subject

1. Theatrical productions > New York (State) > New York > 1971-1980
2. Macready, William Charles, 1793-1873 > Drama
3. Theater > Drama
4. One-person shows (Performing arts)
5. Macready, William Charles, 1793-1873 > Adaptations
6. Drama
7. Actors > Drama
8. Astor Place Riot, New York, N.Y., 1849 > Drama
9. Theater > New York (State) > New York
10. Actors > England > Drama
11. Forrest, Edwin, 1806-1872 > Drama

Genre/Form

1. Drama.

Call number

1. NCOV 137

Note

1. Copy of program available.
2. Opened July 29, 1980 in repertory with The woolgatherer.

Access (note)

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Performer (note)

1. Featuring Frank Barrie as actor William Charles Macready.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the Circle Repertory Theatre, New York, N.Y., Sept. 13, 1980.

Title

1. Macready! : a celebration of the actor [videorecording] / Circle Repertory presents, by arrangement with Globe Enterprises ; written and performed by Frank Barrie; based on the diaries of William Charles Macready, 1793-1873 ; directed by Donald MacKechnie ; [video producer, Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Betty L. Corwin, director]

Imprint

1. New York, c1980.

Access

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Performer

1. Featuring Frank Barrie as actor William Charles Macready.

Event

1. Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the Circle Repertory Theatre, New York, N.Y., Sept. 13, 1980.

Added author

1. Barrie, Frank. Macready!
2. Barrie, Frank, actor.
3. MacKechnie, Donald, director.
4. Macready, William Charles, 1793-1873.
5. Corwin, Betty L.
6. Circle Repertory Company, producer.
7. Globe Enterprises.
8. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.

Research call number

1. NCOV 137