Research Catalog

Title

Havel protest readings [sound recording] : [events] / [hosted by Joseph Papp ; readings translated by Marie Winn.]

Author

Papp, Joseph

Publication

[1989]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Winn, Marie
• Havel, Václav
• Shue, Larry
• New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater. dnr

Found In

New York Shakespeare Festival recordings collection.

Description

1 sound cassette : analog, stereo.

Alternative Title

New York Shakespeare Festival recordings collection.

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Theater > Production and direction > New York (State) > New York
• Havel, Václav

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Audio low; performers unidentified.
• "A theatrical evening protesting police brutality and arrest of human rights dissidents in Czechoslovakia (including Vaclav Havel), 1989. Presentation of scenes from three plays: Audience by Vaclav Havel, Wenceslas Square by Larry Shue, Protest by Vaclav Havel. Scripts included; audience's invitation to sign petition included"--Website.
• Cassette contains a live protest event recorded on Jan. 23, 1989 at Martinson Hall, containing various readings of letters (i.e. selections from Letters to Olga) and scenes from three plays: Wenceslas Square by Larry Shue (played in the previous year at Public Theater), Audience, and Protest by Vaclav Havel. The event is hosted by Joseph Papp; featured works translated by Marie Winn, according to the audio.
• "Havel protest reading; Martinson Hall; Monday, January 23, 8:00 pm"--Cassette.
• Credits and information taken from the Guide to the New York Shakespeare Festival Records. Series VIII: Archives Office, 1954-1992 website.
• Notes (1 p. letter) available in *LTC 10402.
• Credits and production information taken from the book: New York Shakespeare Festival, the people and the plays.
• Forms part of the New York Shakespeare Festival records; for papers, see the Billy Rose Theatre Collection, *T-Mss 1993-028; for sheet music and scores, see the Music Division, JPB 04-03.

Indexed In (note)

• Guide to the New York Shakespeare Festival Records. Series VIII: Archives Office, 1954-1992 website (http://www.nypl.org/research/manuscripts/the/thenys08.xml), Background information.

Event (note)

• Recorded live on Jan. 23, 1989.

Source (note)

• The New York Shakespeare Festival and Gail Merrifield Papp;

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of: New York Shakespeare Festival recordings collection.

Call Number

*LTC 10402

OCLC

171288876

Author

Papp, Joseph, host.

Title

Havel protest readings [sound recording] : [events] / [hosted by Joseph Papp ; readings translated by Marie Winn.]

Imprint

[1989]

Indexed In:

Guide to the New York Shakespeare Festival Records. Series VIII: Archives Office, 1954-1992 website (http://www.nypl.org/research/manuscripts/the/thenys08.xml), Background information.

Event

Recorded live on Jan. 23, 1989.

Linking Entry

Forms part of: New York Shakespeare Festival recordings collection.

Added Author

Winn, Marie. Translator

Havel, Václav. Dopisy Olze. English. Selections.

Shue, Larry. Wenceslas Square.

Havel, Václav. Plays. Selections. English.

Papp, Gail Merrifield. Donor

New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater. Donor

Added Title

New York Shakespeare Festival recordings collection.

Found In:

New York Shakespeare Festival recordings collection.

Research Call Number

*LTC 10402