Research Catalog

Title

Open end with David Susskind : backstage on Broadway : November 13, 1960.

Publication

New York : U.S. Tele-Service Corp., 1960.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Behan, Brendan
• Devine, George, 1910-1966
• Holm, Celeste, 1917-2012
• Lemmon, Jack
• Quinn, Anthony, 1915-2001
• Susskind, David, 1920-1987
• Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983

Description

[1], 38 p.; 28 cm.

Summary

Mimeographed transcript of the television show Open End for November 13, 1960. Guests interviewed by host David Susskind on this date include Celeste Holm, Brendan Behan, Tennessee Williams, Anthony Quinn, George Devine, and Jack Lemmon.

Alternative Title

Backstage on Broadway

Subjects

• Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977 > Lolita
• Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903 > Arrangement in gray and black, no. 1
• Lawrence, D. H (David Herbert), 1885-1930 > Lady Chatterley's lover
• Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002
• Theater > New York (State) > New York

Note

• Cover title.
• The name of the series Open End changed to The David Susskind Show in 1967. This item bears the original title.
• Playwright Tennessee Williams and the others discuss in depth the subjects of the state of the American theater; theater acting vs. cinema acting; writing; how writers should work with directors; and why writers should not direct. Williams also dispels commonly held misconceptions about several of his plays. Jack Lemmon disagrees with Tennessee Williams and Anthony Quinn about an actor's function, Williams and Quinn describing it as creative, Lemmon as interpretive. Lemmon praises the cinema director Billy Wilder. Irish poet Brendan Behan performs "Richard's Cough Lag," lampooning Lady Chatterly's Lover, Lolita, Whistler's Mother, and other canonical figures of art.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Call Number

Berg Coll+ Susskind O64 1960

OCLC

781430059

Title

Open end with David Susskind : backstage on Broadway : November 13, 1960.

Imprint

New York : U.S. Tele-Service Corp., 1960.

Access

Restricted access; request permission from holding division.

Local Note

Berg Collection copy p. 1 print very faint.

Berg Collection copy formerly owned by Edwin Erbe, former publicity director for publisher New Directions.

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Added Author

Behan, Brendan, interviewee.

Devine, George, 1910-1966, interviewee.

Holm, Celeste, 1917-2012, interviewee.

Lemmon, Jack, interviewee.

Quinn, Anthony, 1915-2001, interviewee.

Susskind, David, 1920-1987, interviewer.

Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983, interviewee.

Erbe, Edwin. Former owner

Research Call Number

Berg Coll+ Susskind O64 1960