Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Hurst, Gregory S
2. Liscow, Wendy
3. Claussen, Diane
4. Maxwell, Mitchell
5. Hayes, Hugh
6. Pines, Andrea
7. Goldberg, Mark
8. Schmidt, Ed.
9. Epps, Sheldon
10. Kellogg, M. Bradley
11. James, Toni Leslie
12. Segal, David F
13. Willens, Jeffrey H. (Jeffrey Howard)
14. Clewell, Thomas L.
15. Ford, Raymond
16. Brennan, Tom, 1926-
17. Macer, Sterling
18. Whitlock, Isiah, Jr.
19. Carpenter, Willie C
20. Woods, Allie, Jr
21. George Street Playhouse (New Brunswick, N.J.), producer
22. Pines/Goldberg, producer

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS) (94 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Play based on a possibly apocryphal meeting in 1947 between Branch Rickey, general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team, and three prominent African Americans from the worlds of entertainment and sports: Paul Robeson, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, and Joe Louis. Rickey supposedly called the men together to discuss his choice of Jackie Robinson to integrate major league baseball, but whether the meeting actually occurred is not known.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of the George Street Playhouse.

Subject

1. African American boxers > Drama
2. Drama
3. Louis, Joe, 1914-1981 > Drama
4. African American singers > Drama
5. Rickey, Branch, 1881-1965 > Drama
6. Baseball managers > United States > Drama
7. African American dancers > Drama
8. Baseball > Drama
9. Baseball players > Drama
10. Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976 > Drama
11. Discrimination in sports > United States > Drama
12. African American theater > New Jersey > New Brunswick
13. Theatrical productions > New Jersey > New Brunswick > 1991-2000
14. Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 > Drama
15. Baseball > United States > Drama
16. Robinson, Bill, 1878-1949 > Drama
17. Theater > New Jersey > New Brunswick
18. African American entertainers > Drama
19. Baseball > History > Drama

Genre/Form

1. Drama.

Call number

1. NCOV 1882

Note

1. Production team credited on tape; actors not identified.

Access (note)

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

1. Set design by Marjorie Bradley Kellogg ; costume design by Toni Leslie James ; lighting design by David F. Segal ; sound design by Jeff Willens ; stage manager, Thomas L. Clewell.

Performer (note)

1. Tom Brennan (as Branch Rickey), Sterling Macer, Jr. (as Jackie Robinson), Isiah Whitlock (as Joe Louis), Willie C. Carpenter (as Paul Robeson), Allie Woods, Jr. (as Bill "Bojangles" Robinson), and Ray Ford.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped at the George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick, New Jersey, Dec. 1994.

Title

1. Mr. Rickey calls a meeting [videorecording] / George Street Playhouse, Gregory S. Hurst, producing artistic director, Wendy Liscow, associate artistic director, Diane Claussen, managing director, by arrangement with Mitchell Maxwell, Hugh Hayes and Pines/Goldberg presents ; [written] by Ed Schmidt ; directed by Sheldon Epps.

Imprint

1. New Brunswick, N.J., 1994.

Access

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

1. Set design by Marjorie Bradley Kellogg ; costume design by Toni Leslie James ; lighting design by David F. Segal ; sound design by Jeff Willens ; stage manager, Thomas L. Clewell.

Cast

1. Tom Brennan (as Branch Rickey), Sterling Macer, Jr. (as Jackie Robinson), Isiah Whitlock (as Joe Louis), Willie C. Carpenter (as Paul Robeson), Allie Woods, Jr. (as Bill "Bojangles" Robinson), and Ray Ford.

Event

1. Videotaped at the George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick, New Jersey, Dec. 1994.

Connect to:

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

Added author

1. Hurst, Gregory S, producer.
2. Liscow, Wendy, producer.
3. Claussen, Diane, producer.
4. Maxwell, Mitchell, producer.
5. Hayes, Hugh, producer.
6. Pines, Andrea, producer.
7. Goldberg, Mark, producer.
8. Schmidt, Ed. Mr. Rickey calls a meeting.
9. Epps, Sheldon, director.
10. Kellogg, M. Bradley, set designer.
11. James, Toni Leslie, costume designer.
12. Segal, David F, lighting designer.
13. Willens, Jeffrey H. (Jeffrey Howard), sound designer.
14. Clewell, Thomas L., stage manager.
15. Ford, Raymond, actor.
16. Brennan, Tom, 1926- actor.
17. Macer, Sterling, actor.
18. Whitlock, Isiah, Jr., actor.
19. Carpenter, Willie C, actor.
20. Woods, Allie, Jr, actor.
21. George Street Playhouse (New Brunswick, N.J.), producer.
22. Pines/Goldberg, producer.

Research call number

1. NCOV 1882