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The first 100 years : the professional female playwright

Title
The first 100 years : the professional female playwright [videorecording] / Symposium directors, Mallory Catlett, Gwynn MacDonald, Elizabeth Swain ; [video director] Penny Ward ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Patrick Hoffman, director.
Publication
New York, c2002.

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Additional Authors
  • Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689.
  • Centlivre, Susanna, 1667?-1723.
  • Cowley, Hannah, 1743-1809.
  • Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821.
  • Baillie, Joanna, 1762-1851.
  • Catlett, Mallory
  • MacDonald, Gwynn
  • Swain, Elizabeth, 1941-
  • McLaughlin, Ellen
  • Son, Diana
  • Rosenthal, Laura J. (Laura Jean), 1960-
  • Crochunis, Tom
  • Burroughs, Catherine B., 1958-
  • Bennett, Susan, 1955-
  • Hecht, Deborah.
  • Johnson, Addie
  • Avers, Brian
  • Dove, Lisa
  • Cameron, Rodrigo
  • Genest, Edmond, 1943-
  • Nelson, Novella
  • Soelistyo, Julyana
  • Sowers, Scott
  • Tietjen, Laura
  • Lozano, Florencia, 1969-
  • Douglas, Mark Gerald
  • Ward, Penny
  • Hoffman, Patrick.
  • Ford Foundation.
  • New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
Description
3 videocassettes (149 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 3/4 in. (U-matic)
Summary
This symposium examines the role, status, and works of several English women playwrights from the Restoration (1660) to the early 18th century, with panel discussions and staged readings from several plays. Panelists also examine the problem of contemporary access to these plays.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Panel discussions.
Performer (note)
  • Opening remarks: Gwynn MacDonald, Mallory Catlett.
  • Panelists: Elizabeth Swain, Ellen McLaughlin, Diana Son, Laura J. Rosenthal, Tom Crochunis, Catherine B. Burroughs, Susan Bennett, and Deborah Hecht.
  • Actors: Addie Johnson, Brian Avers, Lisa Dove, Rodrigo Cameron, Edmond Genest, Novella Nelson, Julyana Soelistyo, Scott Sowers, Laura Tietjen, Florencia Lozano, Mark Gerald Douglas.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive in the Penthouse Lobby of the American Airlines Theatre, New York, N.Y., Oct. 26, 2002.
Funding (note)
  • Recorded with the financial assistance of The Ford Foundation Fund for the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Contents
Plays excerpted (playwright): The rover (Aphra Behn) -- The basset table (Susanna Centlivre) -- The belle's stratagem (Hannah Cowley) -- I'll tell you what (Elizabeth Simpson Inchbald) -- DeMonfort (Joanna Baillie).
Call Number
NCOW 261
OCLC
NYPG03-F58
Title
The first 100 years : the professional female playwright [videorecording] / Symposium directors, Mallory Catlett, Gwynn MacDonald, Elizabeth Swain ; [video director] Penny Ward ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Patrick Hoffman, director.
Imprint
New York, c2002.
Performer
Opening remarks: Gwynn MacDonald, Mallory Catlett.
Panelists: Elizabeth Swain, Ellen McLaughlin, Diana Son, Laura J. Rosenthal, Tom Crochunis, Catherine B. Burroughs, Susan Bennett, and Deborah Hecht.
Actors: Addie Johnson, Brian Avers, Lisa Dove, Rodrigo Cameron, Edmond Genest, Novella Nelson, Julyana Soelistyo, Scott Sowers, Laura Tietjen, Florencia Lozano, Mark Gerald Douglas.
Event
Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive in the Penthouse Lobby of the American Airlines Theatre, New York, N.Y., Oct. 26, 2002.
Funding
Recorded with the financial assistance of The Ford Foundation Fund for the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Added Author
Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689. Rover.
Centlivre, Susanna, 1667?-1723. Basset table.
Cowley, Hannah, 1743-1809. Belle's stratagem.
Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821. I'll tell you what.
Baillie, Joanna, 1762-1851. DeMonfort.
Catlett, Mallory, director.
MacDonald, Gwynn, director.
Swain, Elizabeth, 1941- director.
Swain, Elizabeth, 1941- panelist.
McLaughlin, Ellen, panelist.
Son, Diana, panelist.
Rosenthal, Laura J. (Laura Jean), 1960- panelist.
Crochunis, Tom, panelist.
Burroughs, Catherine B., 1958- panelist.
Bennett, Susan, 1955- panelist.
Hecht, Deborah.
Johnson, Addie, actor.
Avers, Brian, actor.
Dove, Lisa, actor.
Cameron, Rodrigo, actor.
Genest, Edmond, 1943- actor.
Nelson, Novella, actor.
Soelistyo, Julyana, actor.
Sowers, Scott, actor.
Tietjen, Laura, actor.
Lozano, Florencia, 1969- actor.
Douglas, Mark Gerald, actor.
Ward, Penny, videographer.
Hoffman, Patrick.
Ford Foundation.
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
Research Call Number
NCOW 261
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