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Live from the edge of oblivion

Title
  1. Live from the edge of oblivion [videorecording] / Young Playwrights, Inc., Sheri M. Goldhirsch, artistic director, Brett W. Reynolds, managing director, in association with Playwrights Horizons, Don Scardino, artistic director, Leslie Marcus, managing director, presents the 1993 Young Playwrights Festival ; [written] by Jerome D. Hairston ; directed by Marion McClinton ; [video prod. company] Character Generators, Inc. ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Betty L. Corwin, director.
Published by
  1. New York, c1993.
Format
  1. DVD

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Additional authors
  1. Goldhirsch, Sheri M.
  2. Reynolds, Brett W.
  3. Scardino, Don
  4. Marcus, Leslie
  5. Hairston, Jerome
  6. McClinton, Marion Isaac
  7. Moyer, Allen
  8. Neman, Caryn
  9. Dignan, Pat
  10. Schilke, Raymond D.
  11. Jenness, Morgan
  12. Davis, Peter J.
  13. Prince, Akili
  14. McClarin, Curtis
  15. Bates, Paul
  16. Moses, Ramon Melindez
  17. Langford, Lisa Louise
  18. Deakins, Lucy, 1971-
  19. Corwin, Betty L.
  20. Young Playwrights, Inc. (New York, N.Y.), producer
  21. Playwrights Horizons (Theater : New York, N.Y.), producer
  22. Character Generators/Video
  23. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive
Description
  1. 1 videodisc (DVD) (47 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Series statement
  1. Young Playwrights Festival 1993
Subject
  1. African American evangelists -- Drama.
  2. African American men -- Drama.
  3. African Americans -- Conduct of life -- Drama.
  4. African Americans -- Social conditions -- Drama.
  5. Criminals -- Drama.
  6. Racism -- United States -- Drama.
  7. Race relations -- Drama.
  8. Young men -- Conduct of life -- Drama.
  9. One-act plays.
  10. African American theater -- New York (State) -- New York.
  11. Theater -- New York (State) -- New York.
Genre/Form
  1. Drama.
Call number
  1. NCOV 1611
Language
  1. English
Note
  1. This one-act play was produced as part of the 1993 Young Playwrights Festival. Videorecordings are available of the three other plays performed, Crystal stairs (NCOV 1608), Five visits from Mr. Whitcomb (NCOV 1609), and Sweetbitter baby (NCOV 1610).
Access (note)
  1. Restricted to qualified researchers.
Credits (note)
  1. Sets by Allen Moyer ; costumes by Caryn Neman ; lighting by Pat Dignan ; sound by Raymond D. Schilke ; dramaturg, Morgan Jenness ; stage manager, Peter J. Davis.
Performer (note)
  1. Akili Prince, Curtis McClarin, Paul Bates, Ramon Melindez Moses, Lisa Louise Langford, and Lucy Deakins.
Event (note)
  1. Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at Playwrights Horizons, New York, N.Y., Oct. 7, 1993.
Biography (note)
  1. Established in 1981, the Young Playwrights Festival annually produces the work of writers from across the United States aged 18 and under.
Linking entry (note)
  1. Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.
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