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Behind the scenes.

Title: Behind the scenes. Julie Taymor [videorecording] / Produced and directed by Ellen Hovde and Muffie Meyer ; executive producers, Jane Gormey and Alice Trillin ; documentary filming directed by Mark Obenhaus ; host sequences written by Penn & Teller ; produced for PBS-TV.
Publication: New York, c1992.

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Description

1 videocassette (VHS) (29 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.

Summary

Documentary on Julie Taymor's work as director of Shakespeare's The tempest. Includes footage of rehearsals and a performance, along with excerpts from interviews with Taymor and several of her colleagues.

Alternative Title

Behind the scenes with Julie Taymor

Subjects

Genre/Form

Documentaries and factual works.
Television.

Access (note)

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Performer (note)

Hosted by Penn & Teller.
Interviews: Julie Taymor, G. W. Mercier, Frances Aronson.
Actors: Robert Stattel, Louise Smith, Mamadou Diome, Niki Renee, Kelly Walters, Reggie Montgomery.

Event (note)

Videotaped at the New Victory Theatre, New York, N.Y., 1992. First broadcast on WNET-TV, New York, N.Y., Aug. 31, 1992.

Biography (note)

Julie Taymor's production of The tempest was first presented by Theatre for a New Audience in 1986, at the Classic Stage Company space in New York, N.Y. It was subsequently staged in Stratford, Connecticut, in 1987. The production seen in this documentary was specially staged at the New Victory Theatre, New York, N.Y.

Call Number

NCOX 907

OCLC

775000671

Title

Behind the scenes. Julie Taymor [videorecording] / Produced and directed by Ellen Hovde and Muffie Meyer ; executive producers, Jane Gormey and Alice Trillin ; documentary filming directed by Mark Obenhaus ; host sequences written by Penn & Teller ; produced for PBS-TV.

Imprint

New York, c1992.

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Cast

Hosted by Penn & Teller.

Interviews: Julie Taymor, G. W. Mercier, Frances Aronson.

Actors: Robert Stattel, Louise Smith, Mamadou Diome, Niki Renee, Kelly Walters, Reggie Montgomery.

Event

Videotaped at the New Victory Theatre, New York, N.Y., 1992. First broadcast on WNET-TV, New York, N.Y., Aug. 31, 1992.

Biography

Julie Taymor's production of The tempest was first presented by Theatre for a New Audience in 1986, at the Classic Stage Company space in New York, N.Y. It was subsequently staged in Stratford, Connecticut, in 1987. The production seen in this documentary was specially staged at the New Victory Theatre, New York, N.Y.

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Hovde, Ellen, producer.

Hovde, Ellen, director.

Meyer, Muffie, producer.

Meyer, Muffie, director.

Gormey, Jane, producer.

Trillin, Alice Stewart, producer.

Obenhaus, Mark, director.

Jillette, Penn, host.

Teller, host.

Taymor, Julie, 1952-

Taymor, Julie, 1952- interviewee.

Mercier, G. W, interviewee.

Aronson, Frances, interviewee.

Stattel, Robert, actor.

Smith, Louise, 1955- actor.

Diome, Mamadou, actor.

Renee, Niki, actor.

Walters, Kelly, actor.

Montgomery, Reggie, 1947-2002, actor.

Penn & Teller.

WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)

Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

Note

Title on tape: Behind the scenes with Julie Taymor

Research Call Number

NCOX 907

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