Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Klein, Thomas
2. Kaplan, Alan, 1943?-2008?
3. Crowley, John, 1969-
4. Chang, Gary
5. Streep, Meryl
6. Scheider, Roy
7. Clurman, Harold, 1901-1980
8. Adler, Stella
9. Strasberg, Lee
10. Barker, Margaret, 1908-1992
11. Lewis, Robert, 1909-1997
12. Brand, Phoebe, 1907-2004
13. Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005
14. Malden, Karl
15. Hackett, Joan, 1934-1983
16. Dysart, Richard
17. Kazan, Elia
18. Harris, Julie, 1925-2013
19. Eugene O'Neill Theater Center
20. Hunter College
21. WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
22. Famous Productions (Firm)

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS) (56 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Documentary on the life and career of stage director, critic, and author Harold Clurman. Includes excerpts from interviews with Clurman and several of his friends and associates, as well as a lecture Clurman delivered on theater to a college class. Also includes a sequence in which Clurman directs actors Richard Dysart and Joan Hackett in a scene from Ibsen's The lady from the sea.

Series statement

1. Great performances

Uniform title

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

Subject

1. Clurman, Harold, 1901-1980
2. Strasberg, Lee > Interviews
3. Group Theatre (U.S.)
4. Clurman, Harold, 1901-1980 > Interviews
5. Lewis, Robert, 1909-1997 > Interviews
6. Malden, Karl > Interviews
7. Scheider, Roy > Interviews
8. Clurman, Harold, 1901-1980 > Friends and associates
9. Theater > Production and direction
10. Adler, Stella > Interviews
11. Documentaries and factual works
12. Theatrical producers and directors > Interviews
13. Theater rehearsals
14. Brand, Phoebe, 1907-2004 > Interviews
15. Theater > New York (State) > New York
16. Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005 > Interviews
17. Barker, Margaret, 1908-1992 > Interviews

Genre/Form

1. Documentaries and factual works.

Call number

1. NCOX 861

Access (note)

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

1. Original music by Gary Chang.

Performer (note)

1. Narrated by Meryl Streep.
2. Readings from the writings of Harold Clurman: Roy Scheider.
3. Interviews: Harold Clurman, Stella Adler, Lee Strasberg, Margaret Barker, Robert Lewis, Phoebe Brand, Arthur Miller, Roy Scheider, and Karl Malden.
4. Actors in rehearsal sequence: Joan Hackett and Richard Dysart.
5. Speakers: Elia Kazan, Julie Harris, and Harold Clurman.

Event (note)

1. Originally broadcast on Great performances, WNET/13, New York, N.Y., July 3, 1989.

Linking entry (note)

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

Title

1. Harold Clurman: a life of theatre [videorecording] / Produced and directed by Thomas Klein and Alan Kaplan ; presented by The Media Arts Program of the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center and the Clurman Professorship of Hunter College-CUNY ; written by Thomas Klein and Alan Kaplan with John Crowley ; [video prod. company] Famous Productions.

Imprint

1. Venice, CA : Famous Productions, c 1987.

Series

1. Great performances

Access

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

1. Original music by Gary Chang.

Cast

1. Narrated by Meryl Streep.
2. Readings from the writings of Harold Clurman: Roy Scheider.
3. Interviews: Harold Clurman, Stella Adler, Lee Strasberg, Margaret Barker, Robert Lewis, Phoebe Brand, Arthur Miller, Roy Scheider, and Karl Malden.
4. Actors in rehearsal sequence: Joan Hackett and Richard Dysart.
5. Speakers: Elia Kazan, Julie Harris, and Harold Clurman.

Event

1. Originally broadcast on Great performances, WNET/13, New York, N.Y., July 3, 1989.

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. Klein, Thomas, film producer.
2. Klein, Thomas, film director.
3. Kaplan, Alan, 1943?-2008?, film producer.
4. Kaplan, Alan, 1943?-2008?, film director.
5. Crowley, John, 1969-
6. Chang, Gary, composer.
7. Streep, Meryl, narrator.
8. Scheider, Roy, narrator.
9. Scheider, Roy, interviewee.
10. Clurman, Harold, 1901-1980, interviewee.
11. Clurman, Harold, 1901-1980, speaker.
12. Adler, Stella, interviewee.
13. Strasberg, Lee, interviewee.
14. Barker, Margaret, 1908-1992, interviewee.
15. Lewis, Robert, 1909-1997, interviewee.
16. Brand, Phoebe, 1907-2004, interviewee.
17. Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005, interviewee.
18. Malden, Karl, interviewee.
19. Hackett, Joan, 1934-1983, actor.
20. Dysart, Richard, actor.
21. Kazan, Elia, speaker.
22. Harris, Julie, 1925-2013, speaker.
23. Eugene O'Neill Theater Center.
24. Hunter College.
25. WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
26. Famous Productions (Firm)

Added title

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

Research call number

1. NCOX 861