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Harold Clurman: a life of theatre

Title
Harold Clurman: a life of theatre [videorecording] / Produced and directed by Thomas Klein and Alan Kaplan ; presented by The Media Arts Program of the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center and the Clurman Professorship of Hunter College-CUNY ; written by Thomas Klein and Alan Kaplan with John Crowley ; [video prod. company] Famous Productions.
Publication
Venice, CA : Famous Productions, c 1987.

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Additional Authors
  • Klein, Thomas
  • Kaplan, Alan, 1943?-2008?
  • Crowley, John, 1969-
  • Chang, Gary
  • Streep, Meryl
  • Scheider, Roy
  • Clurman, Harold, 1901-1980
  • Adler, Stella
  • Strasberg, Lee
  • Barker, Margaret, 1908-1992
  • Lewis, Robert, 1909-1997
  • Brand, Phoebe, 1907-2004
  • Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005
  • Malden, Karl
  • Hackett, Joan, 1934-1983
  • Dysart, Richard
  • Kazan, Elia
  • Harris, Julie, 1925-2013
  • Eugene O'Neill Theater Center.
  • Hunter College.
  • WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
  • Famous Productions (Firm)
Description
1 videocassette (VHS) (56 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in.
Summary
Documentary on the life and career of stage director, critic, and author Harold Clurman. Includes excerpts from interviews with Clurman and several of his friends and associates, as well as a lecture Clurman delivered on theater to a college class. Also includes a sequence in which Clurman directs actors Richard Dysart and Joan Hackett in a scene from Ibsen's The lady from the sea.
Series Statement
Great performances
Uniform Title
Great performances (WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.))
Subjects
Genre/Form
Documentaries and factual works.
Access (note)
  • Restricted to qualified researchers.
Credits (note)
  • Original music by Gary Chang.
Performer (note)
  • Narrated by Meryl Streep.
  • Readings from the writings of Harold Clurman: Roy Scheider.
  • Interviews: Harold Clurman, Stella Adler, Lee Strasberg, Margaret Barker, Robert Lewis, Phoebe Brand, Arthur Miller, Roy Scheider, and Karl Malden.
  • Actors in rehearsal sequence: Joan Hackett and Richard Dysart.
  • Speakers: Elia Kazan, Julie Harris, and Harold Clurman.
Event (note)
  • Originally broadcast on Great performances, WNET/13, New York, N.Y., July 3, 1989.
Call Number
NCOX 861
OCLC
1035161389
Title
Harold Clurman: a life of theatre [videorecording] / Produced and directed by Thomas Klein and Alan Kaplan ; presented by The Media Arts Program of the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center and the Clurman Professorship of Hunter College-CUNY ; written by Thomas Klein and Alan Kaplan with John Crowley ; [video prod. company] Famous Productions.
Imprint
Venice, CA : Famous Productions, c 1987.
Series
Great performances
Access
Restricted to qualified researchers.
Credits
Original music by Gary Chang.
Cast
Narrated by Meryl Streep.
Readings from the writings of Harold Clurman: Roy Scheider.
Interviews: Harold Clurman, Stella Adler, Lee Strasberg, Margaret Barker, Robert Lewis, Phoebe Brand, Arthur Miller, Roy Scheider, and Karl Malden.
Actors in rehearsal sequence: Joan Hackett and Richard Dysart.
Speakers: Elia Kazan, Julie Harris, and Harold Clurman.
Event
Originally broadcast on Great performances, WNET/13, New York, N.Y., July 3, 1989.
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Added Author
Klein, Thomas, film producer.
Klein, Thomas, film director.
Kaplan, Alan, 1943?-2008?, film producer.
Kaplan, Alan, 1943?-2008?, film director.
Crowley, John, 1969-
Chang, Gary, composer.
Streep, Meryl, narrator.
Scheider, Roy, narrator.
Scheider, Roy, interviewee.
Clurman, Harold, 1901-1980, interviewee.
Clurman, Harold, 1901-1980, speaker.
Adler, Stella, interviewee.
Strasberg, Lee, interviewee.
Barker, Margaret, 1908-1992, interviewee.
Lewis, Robert, 1909-1997, interviewee.
Brand, Phoebe, 1907-2004, interviewee.
Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005, interviewee.
Malden, Karl, interviewee.
Hackett, Joan, 1934-1983, actor.
Dysart, Richard, actor.
Kazan, Elia, speaker.
Harris, Julie, 1925-2013, speaker.
Eugene O'Neill Theater Center.
Hunter College.
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Famous Productions (Firm)
Added Title
Great performances (WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.))
Research Call Number
NCOX 861
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