Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Richards, Lloyd, 1919-2006
2. Lindstrom, Pia
3. Corwin, Betty L.
4. American Theatre Wing, producer
5. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive
6. American Theatre Wing, donor

Description

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

Summary

1. Director Lloyd Richards discusses his career in theater, and the many responsibilities of the director in a stage production, with interviewer Pia Lindstrom. He outlines a few of the director's many tasks, such as selecting the text, preparing the text to be staged, working with the playwright (if still living) and the actors, and related matters. He also discusses his participation as a founding member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers.

Series statement

1. American Theatre Wing's Guide to Careers in the Theatre

Alternative title

1. Interview with Lloyd Richards

Subject

1. Richards, Lloyd, 1919-2006 > Interviews
2. Theater > New York (State) > New York
3. Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers (U.S.)
4. Interviews
5. African American theater > New York (State) > New York
6. Theatrical producers and directors > Interviews

Genre/Form

1. Interviews.

Call number

1. NCOX 1790

Access (note)

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

1. No production credits on tape.

Performer (note)

1. Interviewed by Pia Lindstrom.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in the CUNY-TV studios, New York, N.Y., Oct. 26, 2001.

Linking entry (note)

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

Title

1. The American Theatre Wing's Guide to Careers in the Theatre. The director (Lloyd Richards) [videorecording] / [Produced by] The American Theatre Wing and The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts ; executive producer, Betty L. Corwin.

Imprint

1. New York, c2001.

Series

1. American Theatre Wing's Guide to Careers in the Theatre

Access

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

1. No production credits on tape.

Cast

1. Interviewed by Pia Lindstrom.

Event

1. Videotaped in the CUNY-TV studios, New York, N.Y., Oct. 26, 2001.

Local note

1. Gift of American Theatre Wing.

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. Richards, Lloyd, 1919-2006, interviewee.
2. Lindstrom, Pia, interviewer.
3. Corwin, Betty L., producer.
4. American Theatre Wing, producer.
5. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
6. American Theatre Wing, donor.

Research call number

1. NCOX 1790