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Venus

Title
  1. Venus [videorecording] / The Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival, George C. Wolfe, producer, Rosemarie Tichler, artistic producer, Joey Parnes, executive producer, Laurie Beckelman, executive director, and Yale Repertory Theatre, Stan Wojewodski, Jr., artistic director, Victoria Nolan, managing director, present ; associate producer, Wiley Hausem ; artistic associate, Kevin Kline ; [written] by Suzan-Lori Parks ; directed by Richard Foreman ; [video prod. company] Parker/Hodges Productions ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Betty L. Corwin, director.
Published by
  1. New York, c1996.
Format
  1. DVD

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Vol/dateVideodiscs 1 and 2AccessRestricted useCall numberNCOV 1926Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - TOFT

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Additional authors
  1. Wolfe, George C
  2. Tichler, Rosemarie, 1939-
  3. Parnes, Joey
  4. Beckelman, Laurie
  5. Wojewodski, Stan, Jr
  6. Nolan, Victoria
  7. Hausam, Wiley
  8. Kline, Kevin
  9. Parks, Suzan-Lori
  10. Foreman, Richard, 1937-2025
  11. Tazewell, Paul
  12. Carson, Heather
  13. Johnston, Phillip
  14. Porter, Lisa
  15. Harris, Cedric
  16. Hawley, Lynn
  17. Isola, Kevin
  18. James, Peter Francis
  19. Johnson, Mel
  20. Lathan, John
  21. Lenox, Adriane
  22. Porter, Adina
  23. Rattazzi, Steven
  24. Ryan, Thomas Jay
  25. Shipley, Sandra
  26. Wilson, Rainn, 1968-
  27. Corwin, Betty L.
  28. New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater, producer
  29. Yale Repertory Theatre, producer
  30. Parker/Hodges Productions
  31. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive
Description
  1. 2 videodiscs (DVD) (117 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  1. Drama based on the true story of an African Bushwoman named Sarah Baartman (1789-1815) who was brought to Europe and exhibited as a freak because of her unusually large buttocks.
Subject
  1. Baartman, Sarah -- Drama.
  2. Circus performers -- Drama.
  3. Women circus performers -- Drama.
  4. Women circus performers -- Europe -- Drama.
  5. Khoikhoi (African people) -- Drama.
  6. Racism in anthropology -- Europe -- Drama.
  7. Somatotypes -- Europe -- History -- 19th century -- Drama.
  8. Women, Black -- South Africa -- History -- 19th century -- Drama.
  9. Buttocks -- Abnormalities -- Drama.
  10. African American theater -- New York (State) -- New York.
  11. Theater -- New York (State) -- New York.
  12. Theatrical productions -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1991-2000.
Genre/Form
  1. Drama.
Call number
  1. NCOV 1926
Language
  1. English
Access (note)
  1. Restricted to qualified researchers.
Credits (note)
  1. Scenic design, Richard Foreman ; costume design, Paul Tazewell ; lighting design, Heather Carson ; original songs, Phillip Johnston ; prod. stage manager, Lisa Porter.
Performer (note)
  1. Cedric Harris, Lynn Hawley, Kevin Isola, Peter Francis James, Mel Johnson, Jr., John Lathan, Adriane Lenox, Adina Porter, Steven Rattazzi, Thomas Jay Ryan, Sandra Shipley, Rainn Wilson.
Event (note)
  1. Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the Joseph Papp Public Theater, New York, N.Y., May 9, 1996.
Linking entry (note)
  1. Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.
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