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New York Shakespeare Festival : related television coverage

Title
New York Shakespeare Festival : related television coverage, July 10, 1979 [videorecording]
Publication
New York, 1979.

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Moving imageBy appointment only NCOX 5096Offsite

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Additional Authors
  • Watson, Marian Étoile
  • Papp, Gail Merrifield
  • New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater.
  • WNEW-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
  • WABC-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) producer.
Description
1 videocassette (VHS) (6 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
Television coverage related to the New York Shakespeare Festival. Two segments aired July 10, 1979 and July 1, 1979 [?]
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of the Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival.
Series Statement
Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection
Alternative Title
Ch. 5 review of Coriolanus (Delacorte) (with a scene), 7/10/79
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Television.
  • Interviews.
Note
  • Dubbed compilation of segments taped off air.
  • This video separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.
  • Segment one (ca. 3 min.): 10 o'clock news, aired WNEW-TV, Channel 5, 7/10/79. Marian Étoile Watson reviews the New York Shakespeare Festival production of Shakespeare's Coriolanus, now at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. Joseph Papp's production which features a cast of Black and Hispanic actors follows an already established historical tradition of Black actors performing Shakespeare.
  • Segment two (ca. 3 min.): Good morning America, aired WABC-TV, 7/1/79[?]. New York Shakespeare Festival literary manager Gail Merrifield Papp discusses her great great grandfather John Wilkes Booth, a Shakespearean actor who assassinated President Lincoln. Papp discusses aspects of Booth's character and personality, her research on Martha Lizola Mills, said to be Booth's partner, and how members of her family coped with being Booth's descendants.
Access (note)
  • Restricted to qualified researchers.
Call Number
NCOX 5096
OCLC
NYPG05-F10895
Title
New York Shakespeare Festival : related television coverage, July 10, 1979 [videorecording]
Imprint
New York, 1979.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection
Access
Restricted to qualified researchers.
Added Author
Watson, Marian Étoile, reviewer.
Papp, Gail Merrifield, interviewee.
New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater.
WNEW-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
WABC-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) producer.
Research Call Number
NCOX 5096
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