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The today show.
- Title
- The today show. [Interview with Joseph Papp and Gerald Freedman.] [videorecording] / a presentation of NBC News.
- Publication
- New York, 1967.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Moving image | By appointment only | NCOX 5094 | Offsite |
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- Description
- 1 videodisc (DVD) (20 min.) : sd., b&w; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Barbara Walters and Burgess Meredith interview New York Shakespeare Festival producers Joseph Papp and Gerald Freedman for The today show. Program includes in-studio performance excerpts from the Festival's production of Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus featuring Olympia Dukakis, Raul Julia, Moses Gunn and David Birney. Papp discusses his idea to bring the plays of Shakespeare to the public for free in Central Park; how his project is financed; and how taking part in his program enables young actors start their stage careers. Freedman discusses the production and the Festival's goal of producing lesser known works of Shakespeare.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of the Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival.
- Series Statement
- Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection
- New York Shakespeare Festival films on videotape ; film #31
- Alternative Title
- NYSF films on videotape, film #31
- NBC The today show, Aug. 25, 1967, Barbara Walters and Burgess Meredith interview with Joseph Papp and Gerald Freedman re: NYSF, scenes from Titus Andronicus (with Raul Julia, Moses Gunn, David Birney, etc.)
- Subjects
- Freedman, Gerald > Interviews
- Theater > Production and direction
- New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater > Films on Videotape
- New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater > Shakespeare in the Park
- Theatrical producers and directors > Interviews
- Theater > New York (State) > New York
- Theatrical productions > New York (State) > New York > 1961-1970
- Papp, Joseph > Interviews
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Titus Andronicus
- Television
- Interviews
- Genre/Form
- Television.
- Interviews.
- Note
- This video separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.
- Event (note)
- First broadcast, WNBC-TV, New York, N.Y. on August 25, 1967.
- Call Number
- NCOX 5094
- OCLC
- NYPG06-F88
- Title
- The today show. [Interview with Joseph Papp and Gerald Freedman.] [videorecording] / a presentation of NBC News.
- Imprint
- New York, 1967.
- Country of Producing Entity
- United States.
- Series
- Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image CollectionNew York Shakespeare Festival films on videotape ; film #31
- Event
- First broadcast, WNBC-TV, New York, N.Y. on August 25, 1967.
- Added Author
- Papp, Joseph, interviewee.Freedman, Gerald, interviewee.Dukakis, Olympia, actor.Julia, Raul, actor.Gunn, Moses, 1929-1993, actor.Birney, David, 1939-2022, actor.Walters, Barbara, 1929-2022, interviewer.Meredith, Burgess, 1907-1997, interviewer.New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater.WNBC-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
- Research Call Number
- NCOX 5094