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A midsummer night's dream

Title: A midsummer night's dream [videorecording] / Joseph Papp presents ; [play] by William Shakespeare ; directed for the stage by James Lapine ; directed for television by Emile Ardolino ; choreographed by Graciela Daniele ; an ABC Video Enterprises production ; a New York Shakespeare Festival presentation.
Publication: New York, c1982.

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Description

3 videodiscs (DVD) (150 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

A 1982 Joseph Papp/New York Shakespeare Festival production of Shakespeare's A midsummer night's dream, taped live at the Delacorte Theater. The play was subsequently broadcast over the ABC television network.

Donor/Sponsor

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

Subjects

Genre/Form

Drama.
Television.

Note

Credits at the end of tape.
Videodisc one: 62 min. Videodisc two: 62 min. Videodisc three: 26 min.

Access (note)

Includes blackouts intended for television commercials.

Credits (note)

Choreographed by Graciela Daniele ; music composed by Allen Shawn ; associate producer, Jason Steven Cohen ; scenery design, Heide Landesman ; costume design, Randy Barcelo ; stage lighting, Frances Aronson ; light design, Ralph Holmes ; magic effects, Ricky Jay ; associate director, Jay Millard ; production manager, Nina Steiner ; stage manager, Andrea Naier.

Performer (note)

Diane Venora, James Hurdle, Ricky Jay, Ralph Drischell, Deborah Rush, Rick Lieberman, Kevin Conroy, Christine Baranski, Steve Vinovich, Jeffrey DeMunn, Paul Bates, J. Patrick O'Brien, Andreas Katsulas, Peter Crook, Tessa Capodice, Tim Flavin, Leah Carla Gordone, Roshi Handwerger, Paul Kreshka, Emmanuel Lewis, Cheryl McFadden, Nicky Paraiso, Tina Paul, Angela Pietropinto, Rosemary Richert, Marcell Rosenblatt, William Hurt, Michele Shay, Caroline McGee, David Logan-Morrow, Marcie Shaw.

Event (note)

Videotaped live at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, New York, N.Y. during the summer of 1982.

Call Number

NCOX 235

OCLC

NYPG06-F644

Title

A midsummer night's dream [videorecording] / Joseph Papp presents ; [play] by William Shakespeare ; directed for the stage by James Lapine ; directed for television by Emile Ardolino ; choreographed by Graciela Daniele ; an ABC Video Enterprises production ; a New York Shakespeare Festival presentation.

Imprint

New York, c1982.

Access

Includes blackouts intended for television commercials.

Credits

Choreographed by Graciela Daniele ; music composed by Allen Shawn ; associate producer, Jason Steven Cohen ; scenery design, Heide Landesman ; costume design, Randy Barcelo ; stage lighting, Frances Aronson ; light design, Ralph Holmes ; magic effects, Ricky Jay ; associate director, Jay Millard ; production manager, Nina Steiner ; stage manager, Andrea Naier.

Cast

Diane Venora, James Hurdle, Ricky Jay, Ralph Drischell, Deborah Rush, Rick Lieberman, Kevin Conroy, Christine Baranski, Steve Vinovich, Jeffrey DeMunn, Paul Bates, J. Patrick O'Brien, Andreas Katsulas, Peter Crook, Tessa Capodice, Tim Flavin, Leah Carla Gordone, Roshi Handwerger, Paul Kreshka, Emmanuel Lewis, Cheryl McFadden, Nicky Paraiso, Tina Paul, Angela Pietropinto, Rosemary Richert, Marcell Rosenblatt, William Hurt, Michele Shay, Caroline McGee, David Logan-Morrow, Marcie Shaw.

Performer

Musicians: Katherine Mueller, Deborah Gilwood, William Uttley, John Gustafson, Michael A. Ellert, Paul Friedman, Mary Rowell, Stephen Ametrano, Matthew Zory, Marcie Shaw.

Event

Videotaped live at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, New York, N.Y. during the summer of 1982.

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Added Author

New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater, producer.

Papp, Joseph, producer.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Midsummer night's dream.

Daniele, Graciela, 1939- choreographer.

Shawn, Allen, composer.

Lapine, James, director.

Ardolino, Emile, director.

Cohen, Jason Steven, producer.

Ettinger, Heidi, set designer.

Barcelo, Randy, costume designer.

Aronson, Frances, lighting designer.

Holmes, Ralph, lighting designer.

Jay, Ricky, magic effects.

Millard, Jay, production personnel.

Steiner, Nina, production personnel.

Naier, Andrea, stage manager.

Venora, Diane, actor.

Hurdle, James, actor.

Jay, Ricky, actor.

Drischell, Ralph, 1927- actor.

Rush, Deborah, actor.

Lieberman, Rick, actor.

Conroy, Kevin, actor.

Baranski, Christine, actor.

Vinovich, Steve, actor.

DeMunn, Jeffrey, 1947- actor.

Bates, Paul, actor.

O'Brien, J. Patrick, actor.

Katsulas, Andreas, actor.

Crook, Peter, actor.

Capodice, Tessa, actor.

Flavin, Tim, actor.

Gordone, Leah Carla, actor.

Handwerger, Roshi, actor.

Kreshka, Paul, actor.

Lewis, Emmanuel, actor.

McFadden, Gates, actor.

Paraiso, Nicky, actor.

Paul, Tina, actor.

Pietropinto, Angela, actor.

Richert, Rosemary, actor.

Rosenblatt, Marcell, actor.

Hurt, William, actor.

Shay, Michele, actor.

McGee, Caroline, actor.

Logan-Morrow, David, actor.

Shaw, Marcie, 1954- actor.

Mueller, Katherine, musician.

Gilwood, Deborah, musician.

Uttley, William, musician.

Gustafson, John, musician.

Ellert, Michael A, musician.

Friedman, Paul, musician.

Rowell, Mary, musician.

Ametrano, Stephen, musician.

Zory, Matthew, musician.

Shaw, Marcie, 1954- musician.

ABC Video Enterprises, producer.

Research Call Number

NCOX 235

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