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Additional authors

1. Foster, Gloria, 1936-2001
2. Freeman, Morgan
3. Friedman, Stanley
4. Haynes, Phyllis
5. McPhillips, Mary Helen
6. Papp, Joseph
7. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
8. Wolf, John 1936-
9. New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater
10. WWOR-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) producer

Description

1. 1 videodisc (DVD) (23 min.) : sd., col. SP; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Interview on WOR's Straight talk with actors Morgan Freeman and Gloria Foster and producer/director Joseph Papp regarding the Black-Hispanic Shakespeare Company, non-traditional casting and audience response, and the concept of race in theater, specifically in the plays of William Shakespeare. Freeman and Foster discuss their roles in repertory productions of Coriolanus and Julius Caesar. Still photos from productions. Directed by John Wolf, produced by Stanley Friedman.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of the Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival.

Series statement

1. Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection

Uniform title

1. Straight talk (Television program)

Subject

1. Black people in the performing arts
2. Theater audiences > United States
3. Television
4. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation
5. Hispanics in the performing arts
6. Papp, Joseph > Interviews
7. Race and society > United States
8. Theater and society > United States
9. Interviews
10. Minorities in the performing arts
11. Foster, Gloria, 1936-2001 > Interviews
12. Theater > Casting > United States
13. Straight talk (Television program)
14. Freeman, Morgan > Interviews
15. Black-Hispanic Shakespeare Company (New York, N.Y.)

Genre/Form

1. Interviews.
2. Television.

Call number

1. NCOX 5173

Note

1. First broadcast on WOR-TV, Channel 9, on March 28, 1979.
2. Entire episode of Straight talk taped off air. Black-Hispanic Shakespeare Company segment begins at 3:58 and concludes at 26:54. Includes commercials.
3. Credits at end of tape.
4. This video separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.

Access (note)

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Performer (note)

1. Interviewers: Phyllis Haynes and Mary Helen McPhillips.

Title

1. Straight talk. [Black-Hispanic Shakespeare company] [videorecording]

Imprint

1. New York, 1979.

Series

1. Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection

Access

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Performer

1. Interviewers: Phyllis Haynes and Mary Helen McPhillips.

Added author

1. Foster, Gloria, 1936-2001, interviewee.
2. Freeman, Morgan, interviewee.
3. Friedman, Stanley, producer.
4. Haynes, Phyllis, interviewer.
5. McPhillips, Mary Helen, interviewer.
6. Papp, Joseph, interviewee.
7. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Coriolanus.
8. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Julius Caesar.
9. Wolf, John 1936- director.
10. New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater.
11. WWOR-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) producer.

Added title

1. Straight talk (Television program)

Research call number

1. NCOX 5173