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Happy days

Title
Happy days [videorecording] / A New York Shakespeare Festival production ; produced by Joseph Papp ; executive producer, Jac Venza ; [written by] Samuel Beckett ; directed for the theater by Andrei Serban ; produced and directed [for television] by David Heeley ; a presentation of Thirteen/WNET New York ; [video prod. company] Broadway Theatre Archive.
Publication
New York, N.Y. : Broadway Theatre Archive, c2000.

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Additional Authors
  • Papp, Joseph
  • Venza, Jac
  • Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989.
  • Serban, Andrei, 1943-
  • Heeley, David
  • Cohen, Jason Steven
  • Yeargan, Michael
  • King, Lawrence
  • Greenwood, Jane
  • Tipton, Jennifer
  • Vennes, Dale
  • Edel, Walter
  • Polizzotto, Frank
  • Neimark, Henry
  • Worth, Irene
  • Voskovec, Jiří, 1905-1981
  • WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
  • Broadway Theatre Archive.
  • New York Shakespeare Festival Productions, producer.
Description
1 videocassette (VHS) (85 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of WNET/13, New York.
Series Statement
  • Great performances
  • Broadway Theatre Archive
Uniform Title
Great performances (WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.))
Alternative Title
Samuel Beckett's Happy days
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Drama.
  • Television.
Note
  • Credits at end of tape.
  • 1980 television adaptation of a production first staged by the New York Shakespeare Festival, which was produced at the Public Theater by Joseph Papp.
  • Other stagings of this play available on videotape include a production at the Classic Stage Company, New York, N.Y., taped in October 1990 and featuring Charlotte Rae (NCOV 947); a production at the La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, California, taped in September 1996 and featuring Ruth Maleczech (NCOV 1961); and a production at the Cherry Lane Theatre taped in October 2002, featuring Joyce Aaron (NCOV 2654).
Credits (note)
  • Production supervisor for the New York Shakespeare Festival, Jason Steven Cohen ; scenery by Michael Yeargan and Lawrence King ; costumes by Jane Greenwood ; lighting by Jennifer Tipton ; audio, Dale Vennes ; cameras, Walter Edel and Frank Polizzotto ; stage manager, Henry Z. Neimark.
Performer (note)
  • Introduction by Joseph Papp.
  • With Irene Worth and George Voskovec.
Event (note)
  • Originally broadcast on WNET-Thirteen, New York, N.Y., April 1980.
Call Number
NCOX 1273
OCLC
  • 48135134
  • NYPG03-F237
Title
Happy days [videorecording] / A New York Shakespeare Festival production ; produced by Joseph Papp ; executive producer, Jac Venza ; [written by] Samuel Beckett ; directed for the theater by Andrei Serban ; produced and directed [for television] by David Heeley ; a presentation of Thirteen/WNET New York ; [video prod. company] Broadway Theatre Archive.
Imprint
New York, N.Y. : Broadway Theatre Archive, c2000.
Series
Great performances
Broadway Theatre Archive
Credits
Production supervisor for the New York Shakespeare Festival, Jason Steven Cohen ; scenery by Michael Yeargan and Lawrence King ; costumes by Jane Greenwood ; lighting by Jennifer Tipton ; audio, Dale Vennes ; cameras, Walter Edel and Frank Polizzotto ; stage manager, Henry Z. Neimark.
Performer
Introduction by Joseph Papp.
With Irene Worth and George Voskovec.
Event
Originally broadcast on WNET-Thirteen, New York, N.Y., April 1980.
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Added Author
Papp, Joseph, producer.
Venza, Jac, producer.
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989. Happy days.
Serban, Andrei, 1943- director.
Heeley, David, producer.
Heeley, David, director.
Cohen, Jason Steven, production personnel.
Yeargan, Michael, set designer.
King, Lawrence, set designer.
Greenwood, Jane, costume designer.
Tipton, Jennifer, lighting designer.
Vennes, Dale, audio.
Edel, Walter, camera.
Polizzotto, Frank, director of photography.
Neimark, Henry, stage manager.
Worth, Irene, actor.
Voskovec, Jiří, 1905-1981, actor.
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
Broadway Theatre Archive.
New York Shakespeare Festival Productions, producer.
Added Title
Great performances (WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.))
Research Call Number
NCOX 1273
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