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Additional authors

1. Papp, Joseph
2. Hirschfield, Robert S.
3. CUNY-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
4. New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (29 min.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in. (U-matic)

Summary

1. New York Shakespeare Festival producer Joseph Papp discusses the state of the theater and aspects of his career and life with Robert S. Hirshfield. Discussion topics include the lack of plays originating on Broadway; the trend since the 1960s and 70s toward the production of less socially conscious works on Broadway; the various factors contributing to Broadway's problems over the last several decades, including high ticket prices, its competition with television and film, the dearth of actors for the stage and lack of qood quality material for them to perform; American actors and their work in the theater; the making of a playwright; what keeps Papp interested in the theater; his experience working in film; his early years, including his exposure to Shakespeare in junior high school and his teacher, Eulalie Spence; enlisting in the Navy; his desire to see Shakespeare performed by American actors and his strong social commitment to producing plays for free; his current life in Greenwich Village and childhood in Brooklyn; his 1959 battle with Parks Commissioner Robert Moses over charging admission to his plays; developing a future constituency for the theater and his belief that theater should be part of the public school curriculum.

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

Alternative title

1. Cityscope. State of the theatre with Joseph Papp, aired 12/28/88, CUNY-TV

Subject

1. Papp, Joseph > Friends and associates
2. Dramatists > Influence
3. New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater
4. Actors > United States
5. Drama in education
6. Theater > Production and direction
7. Theatrical producers and directors > Interviews
8. Papp, Joseph > Interviews
9. Television
10. Interviews
11. Theater > Economic aspects > New York (State) > New York
12. Theater > New York (State) > New York
13. Theater audiences > United States
14. Papp, Joseph > Childhood and youth

Genre/Form

1. Interviews.
2. Television.

Call number

1. NCOX 5146

Note

1. Title and credits on tape.
2. This video separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.

Access (note)

1. Preservation pending. Appointment and tape transfer required before viewing.

Event (note)

1. Recorded at the CUNY Graduate Center, New York, N.Y., December 6, 1988, aired CUNY-TV December 28, 1988.

Title

1. Cityscope. State of the Theater [with Joseph Papp] [videorecording] / produced by CUNY-TV ; directed by Jeffrey Baskin ; executive producer, Robert S. Hirschfield ; Julie Nadell and Muriel Robinson, producers.

Imprint

1. New York, 1988.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

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

Access

1. Preservation pending. Appointment and tape transfer required before viewing.

Performer

1. Host: Dr. Robert S. Hirschfield.

Event

1. Recorded at the CUNY Graduate Center, New York, N.Y., December 6, 1988, aired CUNY-TV December 28, 1988.

Added author

1. Papp, Joseph, interviewee.
2. Hirschfield, Robert S., producer.
3. Hirschfield, Robert S., interviewer.
4. CUNY-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
5. New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater.

Research call number

1. NCOX 5146