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Additional authors

1. Auberjonois, René, 1940-2019
2. Bader, Richard
3. Cavett, Dick
4. Comiskey, Robert
5. Goodman, Bill
6. Gwynne, Fred
7. Lindsay, Christopher
8. Lithgow, John, 1945-
9. Matthaei, Konrad
10. Papp, Joseph
11. Redgrave, Lynn, 1943-2010
12. Ritchard, Cyril, 1897-1977
13. Savin, Nancy R
14. Savin, Nancy R
15. Ullmann, Liv
16. Wolf, Mary Hunter, 1904-
17. Center for Theater Techniques in Education
18. Connecticut Public Television, producer
19. New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater

Description

1. 1 videodisc (DVD) (30 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Episode of the Connecticut Public Television program Connecticut. Broadcast October 12, 1977 on CPTV. Host Nancy Savin reports on the American Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford, Conn. and its transition to the Connecticut Center for the Performing Arts. Savin interviews various theatrical notables about the transition, the importance of exposing children to performances of Shakespeare's plays, the importance of Shakespeare's works to actors and the subsequent influence on their training, and the beauty and importance of Shakespearean language. The importance of fund raising is also discussed.

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. Connecticut (Television program)

Subject

1. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Influence. - [Browse in index]
2. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Language. - [Browse in index]
3. American Shakespeare Theatre. - [Browse in index]
4. Connecticut Center for the Performing Arts. - [Browse in index]
5. Acting. - [Browse in index]
6. Acting teachers -- Interviews. - [Browse in index]
7. Actors -- Interviews. - [Browse in index]
8. Actresses -- Interviews. - [Browse in index]
9. Arts fund raising. - [Browse in index]
10. Theater and children. - [Browse in index]
11. Theater -- Connecticut. - [Browse in index]
12. Theatrical producers and directors -- Interviews. - [Browse in index]

Genre/Form

1. Interviews.
2. Television.

Call number

1. NCOX 5103

Language

1. English

Note

1. Credits at end of tape.
2. This video separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.
3. Segments from interviews with actors René Auberjonois, Dick Cavett, Fred Gwynne, John Lithgow, Lynn Redgrave, Cyril Ritchard, and Liv Ullmann; Joseph Papp of the New York Shakespeare Festival; Mary Wolf of the Center for Theater Techniques; and Richard Bader, Bill Goodman, and Konrad Matthaei of the American Shakespeare Theatre.
4. Nancy Savin, producer and host; Robert Comiskey, director; Christopher Lindsay, producer.

Added author

1. Auberjonois, René, 1940-2019, interviewee.
2. Bader, Richard, interviewee.
3. Cavett, Dick, interviewee.
4. Comiskey, Robert, director.
5. Goodman, Bill, interviewee.
6. Gwynne, Fred, interviewee.
7. Lindsay, Christopher, producer.
8. Lithgow, John, 1945- interviewee.
9. Matthaei, Konrad, interviewee.
10. Papp, Joseph, interviewee.
11. Redgrave, Lynn, 1943-2010, interviewee.
12. Ritchard, Cyril, 1897-1977, interviewee.
13. Savin, Nancy R., producer.
14. Savin, Nancy R, host.
15. Ullmann, Liv, interviewee.
16. Wolf, Mary Hunter, 1904- interviewee.
17. Center for Theater Techniques in Education.
18. Connecticut Public Television, producer.
19. New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater.