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Additional authors

1. Packer, Tina, 1938-
2. Winer, Linda
3. Robins, Isobel
4. Slaughter, Harriet
5. Mayleas, Ruth
6. Corwin, Betty L
7. Isaacson, Robert
8. Malone, Audra D
9. CUNY-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer
10. League of Professional Theatre Women, producer
11. City University of New York
12. League of Professional Theatre Women, donor
13. CUNY-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), donor

Description

1. 1 videodisc (DVD) (29 min.) : sd., col. SP; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Tina Packer speaks with Newsday critic Linda Winer. English-born Packer is the founder, president, and artistic director of Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Massachusetts, which is dedicated to the authentic performance of the works of William Shakespeare, as well as new works that emulate Shakespeare's social and political focus. The company trains actors in classical technique, and runs educational programs for young people in order to enhance their discovery of Shakespeare's "truths in the everyday world." Packer traces the history of the Shakespearean company she founded with 15 American actors and five master teachers in 1978, describes what inspires her about Shakespeare, and discusses her plan to recreate the Rose Playhouse, the lost London theatre of Shakespeare's day, in the Berkshires. She also expresses her views on the purpose of the theater, Shakespeare as a "radical" playwright, and why she feels women are eminently suited to be theatrical directors.

Series statement

1. Women in theatre

Alternative title

1. Dialogues with notable women in American theatre

Subject

1. Theater > Massachusetts > Lenox
2. Theater > Production and direction
3. Women in the theater > Interviews
4. Women theatrival producers and directors > Interviews
5. Talk shows
6. Interviews
7. Shakespeare & Company (Lenox, Mass.)
8. Theatrical producers and directors > Interviews
9. Packer, Tina, 1938- > Interviews
10. Television

Genre/Form

1. Television.
2. Talk shows.
3. Interviews.

Call number

1. NCOX 2219

Note

1. Credits at end of videodisc.
2. Program is also available at www.cuny.tv.
3. On container: Season 4, episode 4.
4. "Discussion program spotlighting prominent women from the theatre, including performers, playwrights, producers and designers."

Performer (note)

1. Interviewer: Linda Winer.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in the CUNY-TV studios, New York, N.Y. on Dec. 1, 2005. First aired on CUNY-TV, Channel 75, April 28, c2006.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.

Title

1. Women in theatre. Tina Packer [videorecording] / produced by the League of Professional Theatre Women, Isobel Robins, Harriet Slaughter, co-presidents ; Ruth Mayleas, executive producer ; Betty L. Corwin, director of special projects, Theatre on Film and Tape Archive ; Bob Isaacson, executive in charge of production ; Audra D. Malone, director ; [produced for] CUNY-TV.

Imprint

1. New York : CUNY-TV, c2006.

Series

1. Women in theatre

Performer

1. Interviewer: Linda Winer.

Event

1. Videotaped in the CUNY-TV studios, New York, N.Y. on Dec. 1, 2005. First aired on CUNY-TV, Channel 75, April 28, c2006.

Local note

1. Gift of The League of Professional Theatre Women and CUNY-TV.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre on Film and Tape Archive Special Collections material

Added author

1. Packer, Tina, 1938- interviewee.
2. Winer, Linda, interviewer.
3. Robins, Isobel, producer.
4. Slaughter, Harriet, producer.
5. Mayleas, Ruth, producer.
6. Corwin, Betty L, producer.
7. Isaacson, Robert, producer.
8. Malone, Audra D, director.
9. CUNY-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
10. League of Professional Theatre Women, producer.
11. City University of New York.
12. League of Professional Theatre Women, donor.
13. CUNY-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), donor.

Research call number

1. NCOX 2219