Research Catalog
How she played the game
- Title
- How she played the game [videorecording] / The Women's Project of the American Place Theatre, Wynn Handman, director, Julia Miles, associate director, presents ; [written] by Cynthia Cooper ; directed by Bryna Wortman ; [video director] Jack Adolphi.
- Publication
- New York, 1986.
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 videocassette (VHS) (40 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- One-person show, based on the lives of several prominent female athletes.
- Series Statement
- Women Heroes: In Praise of Exceptional Women
- Subjects
- Swimmers > United States > Drama
- Women tennis players > Drama
- Ederle, Gertrude, 1906-2003 > Drama
- One-person shows (Performing arts)
- African American women tennis players > Drama
- Tennis players > United States > Drama
- Sears, Eleonora Randolph, 1881-1968 > Drama
- Athletes > United States > Drama
- Theater > New York (State) > New York
- Zaharias, Babe Didrikson, 1911-1956 > Drama
- Henie, Sonja, 1912-1969 > Drama
- Drama
- Women swimmers > United States > Drama
- Theatrical productions > New York (State) > New York > 1981-1990
- Bergmann, Gretel, 1914- > Drama
- Gibson, Althea, 1927-2003 > Drama
- Women athletes > United States > Drama
- Jewish athletes > Germany > Drama
- Women athletes > Drama
- Skaters > Norway > Drama
- Women track and field athletes > Germany > Drama
- Genre/Form
- Drama.
- Note
- No credits on tape. Production information gathered from the files of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
- This play was staged as part of a series of one-acts by and about women, performed March 21-April 6, 1986. The series was called Women Heroes: In Praise of Exceptional Women.
- Videorecordings of the other plays in this series include Parallax -- In Honor of Daisy Bates [and] Personality (NCOV 495), Colette in love (NCOV 497), Millie [and] Emma Goldman (NCOV 498).
- Access (note)
- Restricted to qualified researchers.
- Credits (note)
- Sets by Marc D. Malamud and Ina Mayhew ; costumes by Judy Dearing ; lighting by Marc D. Malamud ; projections designer, Charles E. Hoefler ; sound designer, Gary Harris ; prod. stage manager, Mary Fran Loftus.
- Performer (note)
- Featuring Susan Stevens.
- Event (note)
- Videotaped at the Samuel Beckett Theatre, New York, N.Y., April 5, 1986.
- Call Number
- NCOV 496
- OCLC
- 919643845
- Title
- How she played the game [videorecording] / The Women's Project of the American Place Theatre, Wynn Handman, director, Julia Miles, associate director, presents ; [written] by Cynthia Cooper ; directed by Bryna Wortman ; [video director] Jack Adolphi.
- Imprint
- New York, 1986.
- Series
- Women Heroes: In Praise of Exceptional Women
- Access
- Restricted to qualified researchers.
- Credits
- Sets by Marc D. Malamud and Ina Mayhew ; costumes by Judy Dearing ; lighting by Marc D. Malamud ; projections designer, Charles E. Hoefler ; sound designer, Gary Harris ; prod. stage manager, Mary Fran Loftus.
- Cast
- Featuring Susan Stevens.
- Event
- Videotaped at the Samuel Beckett Theatre, New York, N.Y., April 5, 1986.
- Added Author
- Handman, Wynn, producer.Miles, Julia, producer.Cooper, Cynthia L., 1950- How she played the game.Wortman, Bryna, director.Malamud, Marc D, set designer.Malamud, Marc D, lighting designer.Mayhew, Ina, set designer.Dearing, Judy, costume designer.Hoefler, Charles E., projections designer.Harris, Gary, sound designer.Loftus, Mary Fran, production stage manager.Stevens, Susan, actor.Adolphi, Jack, videographer.Women's Project (New York, N.Y.), producer.American Place Theatre (Organization), producer.
- Research Call Number
- NCOV 496