Research Catalog
[Interviews with George Abbott and Lanford Wilson]
- Title
- [Interviews with George Abbott and Lanford Wilson] [videorecording] / City University Television, The Center for Advanced Study in Theatre Arts (CASTA) [presents]
- Publication
- New York, 1989.
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 videocassette (VHS) (112 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- Four separate interviews, two with George Abbott and two with Lanford Wilson.
- George Abbott and Edwin Wilson talk about Mr. Abbott's career, including his starting the practice of auditions for actors, his ideas about playing comedy and farce, and his approach to directing.
- Lanford Wilson talks about how his flair for dialogue led to becoming a playwright, his start at Caffe Cino, his compassion for the down and out being the inspiration for the plays Balm in Gilead and Hot l Baltimore, the sources and development of his plays, including The rimers of Eldritch, Fifth of July, Talley's folly, and Burn this, and the advantage of working with Circle Repertory Company for many years.
- Series Statement
- CUNY Spotlight
- Subjects
- Dramatists > Interviews
- Wilson, Lanford, 1937-2011 > Sources
- Wilson, Lanford, 1937-2011 > 5th of July
- Circle Repertory Company
- Wilson, Lanford, 1937-2011 > Hot l Baltimore
- Acting > Auditions
- Wilson, Lanford, 1937-2011 > Balm in Gilead
- Interviews
- Caffe Cino
- Abbott, George, 1887-1995 > Interviews
- Wilson, Lanford, 1937-2011 > Interviews
- Theater > United States > Production and direction
- Wilson, Lanford, 1937-2011 > Rimers of Eldritch
- Wilson, Lanford, 1937-2011 > Talley's folly
- Wilson, Lanford, 1937-2011 > Burn this
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Note
- Part of the series, CUNY Spotlight, broadcast on CUNY-TV, sponsored by the City University of New York.
- Performer (note)
- Interviewed by Edwin Wilson.
- Event (note)
- Videotaped by the cable station, CUNY-TV, New York, N.Y.
- Call Number
- NCOW 94
- OCLC
- NYPG98-F344
- Title
- [Interviews with George Abbott and Lanford Wilson] [videorecording] / City University Television, The Center for Advanced Study in Theatre Arts (CASTA) [presents]
- Imprint
- New York, 1989.
- Series
- CUNY Spotlight
- Performer
- Interviewed by Edwin Wilson.
- Event
- Videotaped by the cable station, CUNY-TV, New York, N.Y.
- Added Author
- Abbott, George, 1887-1995, interviewee.Wilson, Lanford, 1937-2011, interviewee.Wilson, Edwin, 1927- interviewer.City University of New York.
- Research Call Number
- NCOW 94