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Interview with Václav Havel
- Title
- Interview with Václav Havel [videorecording] / Sponsored by the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative of the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, and The Wilma Theater ; [video director] Glenn Holsten ; [video prod. company] Glennfilms.
- Publication
- Philadelphia, Pa., 2010.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | DVD | Restricted use | NCOW 351 | Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT |
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- Description
- 1 videodisc (DVD) (65 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Václav Havel, playwright and statesman, discusses his theatrical and political careers. He speaks before an audience on the stage of Philadelphia's Wilma Theater, on the set of his new play Leaving, his first dramatic work since his retirement from politics. He discusses the origins of this new play, his earlier play The conspirators, and the playwright's impact on the larger culture and society. He also examines democracy, political power, and leadership.
- Alternative Title
- Interview with President Václav Havel, Playwright
- Subjects
- Presidents > Czechoslovakia > Interviews
- Dramatists, Czech > 20th century > Interviews
- Dramatists > Interviews
- Theater > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
- Havel, Václav > Odcházeni
- Interviews
- Dissenters > Czechoslovakia > Interviews
- Art and society
- Wilma Theater (Philadelphia, Pa.)
- Presidents > Czech Republic > Interviews
- Havel, Václav > Spiklenci
- Havel, Václav > Interviews
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Access (note)
- Restricted to qualified researchers.
- Performer (note)
- Remarks: Fran Kumin, Jiri Zizka, and James Haskins.
- Interviewed by Tom Sellar.
- Translation by Paul Wilson.
- Event (note)
- Videotaped at the Wilma Theater, Philadelphia, Penn., May 26, 2010.
- Language (note)
- Havel's comments are in Czech, with English translation.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.
- Local note
- Gift of the Wilma Theater.
- Call Number
- NCOW 351
- OCLC
- 720062667
- Title
- Interview with Václav Havel [videorecording] / Sponsored by the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative of the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, and The Wilma Theater ; [video director] Glenn Holsten ; [video prod. company] Glennfilms.
- Imprint
- Philadelphia, Pa., 2010.
- Access
- Restricted to qualified researchers.
- Cast
- Remarks: Fran Kumin, Jiri Zizka, and James Haskins.Interviewed by Tom Sellar.Translation by Paul Wilson.
- Event
- Videotaped at the Wilma Theater, Philadelphia, Penn., May 26, 2010.
- Language
- Havel's comments are in Czech, with English translation.
- Local Note
- Gift of the Wilma Theater.
- Linking Entry
- Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.Wilma Theater (Philadelphia, Pa.)Havel, Václav, interviewee.Wilson, Paul R. (Paul Robert), 1941- translator.Sellar, Tom, interviewer.Kumin, Fran, speaker.Zizka, Jiri, speaker.Haskins, James, speaker.Holsten, Glenn, videographer.Glennfilms.Wilma Theater (Philadelphia, Pa.), donor.
- Note
- Title on tape: Interview with President Václav Havel, Playwright
- Research Call Number
- NCOW 351