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Identities, mirrors and distortions
- Title
- Identities, mirrors and distortions [videorecording] / The New York Shakespeare Festival, Joseph Papp, founder, JoAnne Akalaitis, artistic director, Jason Steven Cohen, producing director, Rosemarie Tichler, associate artistic director, presents ; conceived, written, directed, and performed by Anna Deavere Smith ; [video prod. company] Character Generators, Inc.
- Publication
- New York, c1991.
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 videocassette (VHS) (85 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.
- Alternative Title
- Moving beyond the madness: a festival of new voices
- Fires in the mirror : Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and other identities.
- Subjects
- Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.) > History > Drama
- Racism > United States > Drama
- African Americans > Relations with Jews > Drama
- African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Drama
- Theater > New York (State) > New York
- Race riots > New York (State) > New York > Drama
- Violence > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century > Drama
- Jews > New York (State) > New York > Drama
- Theatrical productions > New York (State) > New York > 1991-2000
- New York (N.Y.) > Race relations > Drama
- Race relations > Drama
- Man-woman relationships > Drama
- Smith, Anna Deavere > Fires in the mirror
- One-person shows (Performing arts)
- Drama
- Genre/Form
- Drama.
- Note
- Portions of this material were revised and presented as part of Anna Deavere Smith's one-person performance piece Fires in the mirror : Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and other identities. A videorecording of that play, taped at the Public Theater on June 27, 1992, is available on NCOV 1136.
- Access (note)
- Restricted to qualified researchers.
- Credits (note)
- Program curated by George C. Wolfe ; technical coordinator, Bill Barnes ; lighting designer, Dan Kotlowitz.
- Performer (note)
- Performed by Anna Deavere Smith.
- Event (note)
- Videotaped at the Anspacher Theater, New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater, New York, N.Y., Dec. 12, 1991.
- Call Number
- NCOV 1070
- OCLC
- 846907315
- Title
- Identities, mirrors and distortions [videorecording] / The New York Shakespeare Festival, Joseph Papp, founder, JoAnne Akalaitis, artistic director, Jason Steven Cohen, producing director, Rosemarie Tichler, associate artistic director, presents ; conceived, written, directed, and performed by Anna Deavere Smith ; [video prod. company] Character Generators, Inc.
- Imprint
- New York, c1991.
- Access
- Restricted to qualified researchers.
- Credits
- Program curated by George C. Wolfe ; technical coordinator, Bill Barnes ; lighting designer, Dan Kotlowitz.
- Cast
- Performed by Anna Deavere Smith.
- Event
- Videotaped at the Anspacher Theater, New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater, New York, N.Y., Dec. 12, 1991.
- Summary
- Originally presented as part of a festival of one-person performance pieces entitled Moving beyond the madness: a festival of new voices.
- Local Note
- Gift of Anna Deavere Smith.
- Added Author
- Papp, Joseph, producer.Akalaitis, JoAnne, producer.Cohen, Jason Steven, producer.Tichler, Rosemarie, 1939- producer.Smith, Anna Deavere. Identities, mirrors and distortions.Smith, Anna Deavere, conceptor.Smith, Anna Deavere, director.Smith, Anna Deavere, actor.Wolfe, George C, producer.Barnes, Bill, production personnel.Kotlowitz, Dan, lighting designer.Character Generators/Video.New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater, producer.Smith, Anna Deavere, donor.
- Added Title
- Fires in the mirror : Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and other identities.
- Research Call Number
- NCOV 1070