Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Shaw, Fiona, 1958-
2. Warner, Deborah, 1959-
3. Riedel, Michael (Theater critic)
4. Haskins, Susan
5. Walker, Adam
6. Theater Talk Productions, Inc

Description

1. 1 videocassette (Betacam SP) (28 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Actress Fiona Shaw and director Deborah Warner are the guests on Theater talk, hosted Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins. They discuss Warner's production of Medea with Shaw in the title role at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. The two discuss their interpretation of the Euripides play, addressing such topics as the play's relationship to current events, "why" Medea commits her monstrous crime, the decision to set the play in the present day, and the demanding process they put themselves through in staging the classic Greek drama.

Series statement

1. Theater talk

Alternative title

1. Theater talk. Medea. Shaw/Warner

Subject

1. Talk shows
2. Interviews
3. Shaw, Fiona, 1958- > Interviews
4. Euripides > Medea
5. Actresses > Interviews
6. Television
7. Warner, Deborah, 1959- > Interviews
8. Theater > New York (State) > New York
9. Theatrical producers and directors > Interviews
10. Theater > Production and direction

Genre/Form

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

Call number

1. NCOX 2022

Note

1. Credits at end of videocassette.
2. This is episode #915 of Theater talk.

Performer (note)

1. Interviewers: Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in the CUNY-TV studios at The Graduate School & University Center/CUNY, New York, N.Y. on Jan. 10, 2003.

Linking entry (note)

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

Title

1. Theater talk. Medea. Fiona Shaw and Deborah Warner [videorecording] / Susan Haskins, executive producer ; Theater Talk Productions ; director, Adam Walker.

Imprint

1. New York, c2003.

Series

1. Theater talk

Performer

1. Interviewers: Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins.

Event

1. Videotaped in the CUNY-TV studios at The Graduate School & University Center/CUNY, New York, N.Y. on Jan. 10, 2003.

Local note

1. Gift of Susan Haskins.

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. Shaw, Fiona, 1958- interviewee.
2. Warner, Deborah, 1959- interviewee.
3. Riedel, Michael (Theater critic), interviewer.
4. Haskins, Susan, interviewer.
5. Haskins, Susan, producer.
6. Walker, Adam, director.
7. Theater Talk Productions, Inc.
8. Haskins, Susan, donor.

Research call number

1. NCOX 2022