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Additional authors

1. Papp, Joseph
2. Venza, Jac
3. Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989.
4. Serban, Andrei, 1943-
5. Heeley, David
6. Cohen, Jason Steven
7. Yeargan, Michael
8. King, Lawrence
9. Greenwood, Jane
10. Tipton, Jennifer
11. Vennes, Dale
12. Edel, Walter
13. Polizzotto, Frank
14. Neimark, Henry
15. Worth, Irene
16. Voskovec, Jiří, 1905-1981
17. WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer
18. Broadway Theatre Archive
19. New York Shakespeare Festival Productions, producer

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS) (85 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of WNET/13, New York.

Series statement

1. Great performances
2. Broadway Theatre Archive

Uniform title

1. Great performances (WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.))

Alternative title

1. Samuel Beckett's Happy days

Subject

1. Man-woman relationships > Drama
2. Television
3. Drama
4. Death > Psychological aspects > Drama
5. Theater > New York (State) > New York
6. Aging > Psychological aspects > Drama
7. Television adaptations

Genre/Form

1. Drama.
2. Television.

Call number

1. NCOX 1273

Note

1. Credits at end of tape.
2. 1980 television adaptation of a production first staged by the New York Shakespeare Festival, which was produced at the Public Theater by Joseph Papp.
3. 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)

1. 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)

1. Introduction by Joseph Papp.
2. With Irene Worth and George Voskovec.

Event (note)

1. Originally broadcast on WNET-Thirteen, New York, N.Y., April 1980.

Title

1. 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

1. New York, N.Y. : Broadway Theatre Archive, c2000.

Series

1. Great performances
2. Broadway Theatre Archive

Credits

1. 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

1. Introduction by Joseph Papp.
2. With Irene Worth and George Voskovec.

Event

1. Originally broadcast on WNET-Thirteen, New York, N.Y., April 1980.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre on Film and Tape Archive Special Collections material

Added author

1. Papp, Joseph, producer.
2. Venza, Jac, television producer.
3. Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989. Happy days.
4. Serban, Andrei, 1943- director.
5. Heeley, David, producer.
6. Heeley, David, director.
7. Cohen, Jason Steven, production personnel.
8. Yeargan, Michael, set designer.
9. King, Lawrence, set designer.
10. Greenwood, Jane, costume designer.
11. Tipton, Jennifer, lighting designer.
12. Vennes, Dale, audio.
13. Edel, Walter, camera.
14. Polizzotto, Frank, director of photography.
15. Neimark, Henry, stage manager.
16. Worth, Irene, actor.
17. Voskovec, Jiří, 1905-1981, actor.
18. WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
19. Broadway Theatre Archive.
20. New York Shakespeare Festival Productions, producer.

Added title

1. Great performances (WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.))

Research call number

1. NCOX 1273