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Inside Broadway.

Title
Inside Broadway. Uta Hagen [videorecording] / [produced by Susan Haskins] ; Dies Irae Productions ; director, Stephen Ahern.
Publication
New York, c1992.

Details

Additional Authors
  • Hagen, Uta, 1919-2004
  • Riedel, Michael (Theater critic)
  • Haskins, Susan
  • Ahern, Stephen
  • Dies Irae Productions
Description
1 videocassette (U-matic) (29 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 3/4 in.
Summary
Uta Hagen, one of America's most notable stage and film actresses and also a drama teacher, talks with co-hosts Susan Haskins and Michael Riedel. Hagen describes the founding of the acting school HB Studio by her husband Herbert Berghof, her current role as its director, and the HB Playwright's Foundation, which her husband started in 1965 to further the work of new playwrights. Hagen discusses suffering from stage fright when performing the role of Martha in Edward Albee's Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? in its original Broadway run; her writing of the book Respect for acting, a veritable "bible" for actors, which she now disavows because of its misinterpretation; her view that an actor should have a professional goal; and her experience playing Desdemona to Paul Robeson's Othello. The touring production was the first by Actors' Equity to refuse to play in segregated houses. Hagen expresses her respect for Robeson, and analyzes his ability as an actor.
Series Statement
Theater talk
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Interviews.
  • Talk shows.
  • Television.
Note
  • Credits at end of tape.
  • This is episode #8 of Inside Broadway.
Performer (note)
  • Interviewers: Susan Haskins and Michael Riedel.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped at ELA Studios, New York, N.Y. Date on tape is Dec. 4, 1992.
Biography (note)
  • Inside Broadway changed its name to Theater talk in 1996.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.
Call Number
NCOX 1253
OCLC
182959031
Title
Inside Broadway. Uta Hagen [videorecording] / [produced by Susan Haskins] ; Dies Irae Productions ; director, Stephen Ahern.
Imprint
New York, c1992.
Series
Theater talk
Performer
Interviewers: Susan Haskins and Michael Riedel.
Event
Videotaped at ELA Studios, New York, N.Y. Date on tape is Dec. 4, 1992.
Biography
Inside Broadway changed its name to Theater talk in 1996.
Local Note
Gift of Susan Haskins.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.
Added Author
Hagen, Uta, 1919-2004, interviewee.
Riedel, Michael (Theater critic), interviewer.
Haskins, Susan, interviewer.
Haskins, Susan, producer.
Ahern, Stephen, director.
Dies Irae Productions.
Haskins, Susan, donor.
Research Call Number
NCOX 1253
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