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Additional authors

1. Turan, Kenneth.

Description

1. 1 sound cassette : analog.

Summary

1. African-American playwright and poet Ntozake Shange discusses the productions of her plays such as "For colored girls who have considered suicide, when the rainbow is enuf," which was a 20-part poem that chronicled the lives of Black women in the United States and was eventually made into the stage play, and which was produced at The Public Theatre in New York City and moved to Broadway in 1976. She speaks about her professional relationships with Joseph Papp, who produced the play, and with other cast and production members, and about the critical and public acceptance of the shows. She also talks about the negative side of success of the show that effected her personal life.

Alternative title

1. Free for all: Joe Papp, the public, and the greatest story ever told.
2. Joseph Papp Oral History interviews.

Subject

1. Theater > Production and direction > United States > History > 20th century
2. Oral histories
3. New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater
4. African American women dramatists > Interviews
5. Shange, Ntozake > For colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
6. Public Theater (New York, N.Y.)
7. Shange, Ntozake > Interviews
8. Interviews (Sound recordings)
9. African American dramatists > Interviews
10. African American women poets > Interviews
11. Shange, Ntozake > Friends and associates

Genre/Form

1. Oral histories.
2. Interviews.
3. Sound recordings.

Call number

1. *LDC 51670

Note

1. Interview by Kenneth Turan, originally recorded for the book "Free for all: Joe Papp, the public, and the greatest story ever told" which was published in 2009.
2. A track ID has been inserted every five minutes within this interview for reference purposes.

With (note)

1. On original cassette (side A) with an Oral history interview with Steven Schacter (side B).

Access (note)

1. Access to original items restricted.

Event (note)

1. Recorded [in New York?], Aug. 21, 1987.

Additional formats (note)

1. Service compact disc (1 sound disc : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.) available on *LDC 51670.

Author

1. Shange, Ntozake, interviewee.

Title

1. Oral history interview with Ntozake Shange, 1987-08-21 [sound recording].

Imprint

1. 1987.

Event

1. Recorded [in New York?], Aug. 21, 1987.

Access

1. Access to original items restricted.

Additional formats

1. Service compact disc (1 sound disc : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.) available on *LDC 51670.

With:

1. On original cassette (side A) with an Oral history interview with Steven Schacter (side B).

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added author

1. Turan, Kenneth. Interviewer
2. Papp, Gail Merrifield. Donor

Added title

1. Free for all: Joe Papp, the public, and the greatest story ever told.
2. Joseph Papp Oral History interviews.

Research call number

1. *LDC 51670
2. *LTC-A 708