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Additional authors

1. Appel, Libby, 1937-
2. Winer, Linda
3. Robins, Isobel
4. Slaughter, Harriet
5. Mayleas, Ruth
6. Corwin, Betty L
7. Isaacson, Robert
8. Malone, Audra D
9. CUNY-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
10. League of Professional Theatre Women, producer.
11. City University of New York.
12. League of Professional Theatre Women, donor.
13. CUNY-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), donor.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS) (29 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Libby Appel discusses her career with Newsday theatre critic Linda Winer. Appel is artisic director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, which is located in the mountains of Oregon, and attracts large audiences from the West Coast of the United States. Appel speaks about her early interest and education in the theatre, coordinating a Shakespeare Festival that performs more modern and classic plays than Shakespearean ones, the challenges of maintaining a resident company in a fairly remote location, and her desire to produce an "American" Shakespeare.

Series statement

1. Women in theatre.

Alternative title

1. Dialogues with notable women in American theatre

Subject

1. Talk shows
2. Oregon Shakespeare Festival
3. Appel, Libby, 1937- > Interviews
4. Women theatrical producers and directors > Interviews
5. Theater > Production and direction
6. Interviews
7. Off-Broadway theater
8. Television
9. Women in the theater
10. Theatrical producers and directors > Interviews
11. Theater > Oregon > Ashland

Genre/Form

1. Television.
2. Talk shows.
3. Interviews.

Call number

1. NCOX 2037

Note

1. Credits at end of tape.
2. Program is also available at www.cuny.tv.
3. "Discussion program spotlighting prominent women from the theatre, including performers, playwrights, producers and designers."

Performer (note)

1. Interviewer: Linda Winer.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in the CUNY-TV studios, New York, N.Y. on Dec. 8, 2003. First aired on CUNY-TV, Channel 75, April 16, 2004.

Title

1. Women in theatre. Libby Appel [videorecording] / produced by the League of Professional Theatre Women, Isobel Robins, Harriet Slaughter, co-presidents ; Ruth Mayleas, executive producer ; Betty L. Corwin, director of special projects, Theatre on Film and Tape Archive ; Bob Isaacson, executive in charge of production ; Audra D. Malone, director ; [produced for] CUNY-TV.

Imprint

1. New York : CUNY-TV, c2004.

Series

1. Women in theatre.

Performer

1. Interviewer: Linda Winer.

Event

1. Videotaped in the CUNY-TV studios, New York, N.Y. on Dec. 8, 2003. First aired on CUNY-TV, Channel 75, April 16, 2004.

Local note

1. Gift of The League of Professional Theatre Women and CUNY-TV.

Connect to:

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

Added author

1. Appel, Libby, 1937- interviewee.
2. Winer, Linda, interviewer.
3. Robins, Isobel, producer.
4. Slaughter, Harriet, producer.
5. Mayleas, Ruth, producer.
6. Corwin, Betty L, producer.
7. Isaacson, Robert, producer.
8. Malone, Audra D, director.
9. CUNY-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
10. League of Professional Theatre Women, producer.
11. City University of New York.
12. League of Professional Theatre Women, donor.
13. CUNY-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), donor.

Research call number

1. NCOX 2037