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Additional authors

1. Wolfe, George C.
2. Richardson, L. Kenneth
3. Clarke, Hope, 1941-
4. Reynolds, Vickilyn
5. Bankston, Arnold
6. Harper, Olivia Virgil
7. Jason, Robert
8. Crossroads Theatre Company (New Brunswick, N.J.), producer

Description

1. 1 videodisc (DVD) (93 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

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. The colored museum by George Wolfe, original production at The Crossroads Theatre, New Jersey on 4/18/86

Subject

1. Black people > Race identity > Drama
2. African American theater > New Jersey > New Brunswick
3. African American women > Drama
4. African American men > Drama
5. Slavery > United States > Drama
6. Theater > New Jersey > New Brunswick
7. Stereotypes (Social psychology) > Drama
8. Homosexuality and dance > Drama
9. Racism > United States > Drama
10. Theatrical productions > New Jersey > New Brunswick > 1981-1990
11. Drama
12. Soldiers > United States > Drama

Genre/Form

1. Drama.

Call number

1. NCOV 5059

Note

1. This video separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.
2. No credits on tape.
3. Credits, which are incomplete, obtained from New York times article "In New Brunswick, a world premier," April 13, 1986.
4. Video image is fair.
5. A stage production of this play taped at the Mark Taper Forum (Los Angeles, Ca.) in 1988 is available on NCOV 710. A television adaptation originally broadcast on PBS in 1991 is available on NCOX 703.

Access (note)

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

1. Choreographer, Hope Clarke.

Performer (note)

1. Vickilyn Reynolds, Arnold Bankston, Olivia Virgil Harper, Robert Jason.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped at the Crossroads Theatre, New Brunswick, N.J. on April 18, 1986.

Biography (note)

1. Premiered on March 26, 1986 at the Crossroads Theatre, New Brunswick, N. J.; later produced by the New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater at the Susan Stein Shiva Theater in 1986, Joseph Papp, producer. The play was also presented at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, Calif. in 1988, and in 1994 at the Trueblood Theatre at the University of Michigan. A television adaptation was presented on PBS in 1991.

Title

1. The colored museum [videorecording] / a production of the Crossroads Theatre Company ; Lee Richardson, artistic director ; written by George C. Wolfe.

Imprint

1. New Jersey, 1986.

Country of producing entity

1. United States.

Series

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

Access

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

1. Choreographer, Hope Clarke.

Cast

1. Vickilyn Reynolds, Arnold Bankston, Olivia Virgil Harper, Robert Jason.

Event

1. Videotaped at the Crossroads Theatre, New Brunswick, N.J. on April 18, 1986.

Biography

1. Premiered on March 26, 1986 at the Crossroads Theatre, New Brunswick, N. J.; later produced by the New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater at the Susan Stein Shiva Theater in 1986, Joseph Papp, producer. The play was also presented at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, Calif. in 1988, and in 1994 at the Trueblood Theatre at the University of Michigan. A television adaptation was presented on PBS in 1991.

Added author

1. Wolfe, George C. Colored museum.
2. Richardson, L. Kenneth, director.
3. Clarke, Hope, 1941- choreographer.
4. Reynolds, Vickilyn, actor.
5. Bankston, Arnold, actor.
6. Harper, Olivia Virgil, actor.
7. Jason, Robert, actor.
8. Crossroads Theatre Company (New Brunswick, N.J.), producer.

Research call number

1. NCOV 5059