Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Stevenson, Isabelle, 1915-2003
2. Isaacson, Robert
3. Levy, Peter J.
4. Hewes, Henry
5. Dalyrymple, Jean
6. Babe, Thomas
7. Ackerman, Robert Allan
8. Holst, Lynn
9. Papp, Gail Merrifield
10. Aldrich, David
11. Schulman, Susan L.
12. Currens, Stephen
13. CUNY-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
14. American Theatre Wing, producer.

Description

1. 2 videocassettes (U-matic) (110 min.) : sd., col; 3/4 in.

Summary

1. A Working in the theatre seminar on the playscript. The program features four panelists affiliated with the New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater: playwright Thomas Babe, director-in-residence Robert Allan Ackerman, play department co-ordinator Lynn Holst, and head of play development Gail Merrifield Papp. The panel also includes composer David Aldrich, play agent Susan Schulman, and playwright Stephen Currens. Discussion covers getting a new play produced; submitting a play for production; reading and evaluating a play; the origins and activities of the play development department at the Public Theater; the evolution of a play from script to final production; working with a playwright as a director; the operations of the Public Theater's play selection process, and the decision making of its producer Joseph Papp; and the panelists' various experiences getting their plays produced. Includes discussion on the productions of Babe's A prayer for my daughter and on Gorey stories, conceived and adapted by Currens, music composed by Aldrich, based on the stories of Edward Gorey. The discussion is followed by question and answer session with audience.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of the Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival.

Series statement

1. American Theatre Wing working in the theatre series
2. Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection

Uniform title

1. American Theatre Wing seminars.

Alternative title

1. The American Theatre Wing seminars. Working in the theatre

Subject

1. Aldrich, David > Interviews
2. Ackerman, Robert Allan > Interviews
3. Holst, Lynn > Interviews
4. Theater > Production and direction
5. Aldrich, David > Gorey stories
6. American Theatre Wing
7. Babe, Thomas > Interviews
8. Papp, Gail Merrifield > Interviews
9. Literary agents > Interviews
10. Composers > Interviews
11. Babe, Thomas > Prayer for my daughter
12. Theatrical producers and directors
13. Currens, Stephen > Interviews
14. Schulman, Susan L > Interviews
15. Dramatists > Interviews
16. Theater > New York (State) > New York
17. Panel discussions
18. Playwriting > Vocational guidance
19. Gorey, Edward, 1925-2000
20. Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
21. New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater
22. Papp, Joseph
23. Television

Genre/Form

1. Television.
2. Panel discussions.

Call number

1. NCOX 5373

Note

1. These videos separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.
2. Videocassette one (55 min.): Part one. Videocassette two (55 min.): Part two.
3. Credits on tape.

Event (note)

1. Recorded live at City University of New York Graduate Center and broadcast on CUNY-TV, New York, N.Y. ca. November 1978.

Title

1. Working in the theatre. The playscript. [videorecording] / [City University Television presents the American Theatre Wing seminars] ; [produced by] Isabelle Stevenson for the American Theatre Wing, and Robert Isaacson for CUNY ; directed by Peter J. Levy ; [produced for] CUNY-TV.

Imprint

1. New York : CUNY-TV, c1978.

Country of producing entity

1. United States.

Series

1. American Theatre Wing working in the theatre series
2. Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection

Performer

1. Host and moderator: Isabelle Stevenson. Moderators: Henry Hewes and Jean Dalyrymple.

Event

1. Recorded live at City University of New York Graduate Center and broadcast on CUNY-TV, New York, N.Y. ca. November 1978.

Added author

1. Stevenson, Isabelle, 1915-2003, moderator.
2. Stevenson, Isabelle, 1915-2003, host.
3. Stevenson, Isabelle, 1915-2003, producer.
4. Isaacson, Robert, producer.
5. Levy, Peter J., television director.
6. Hewes, Henry, moderator.
7. Dalyrymple, Jean, moderator.
8. Babe, Thomas, panelist.
9. Ackerman, Robert Allan, panelist.
10. Holst, Lynn, panelist.
11. Papp, Gail Merrifield, panelist.
12. Aldrich, David, panelist.
13. Schulman, Susan L., panelist.
14. Currens, Stephen, panelist.
15. CUNY-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
16. American Theatre Wing, producer.

Added title

1. American Theatre Wing seminars.

Research call number

1. NCOX 5373