Videos on Literature and Philosophy

August Wilson 2003

August Wilson, Kate Roth Knull, Bill D Moyers, Public Affairs Television (Firm), WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), WTTW (Television station : Chicago, Ill.), and Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)

Bill Moyers interviews playwright August Wilson on the importance of the blues in Wilson's life and his writing. Also talks about finding an African-American cultural identity and what Wilson sees as the false portrayal of black Americans on television. 1 videodisc (30 min.)

MEDIA 10-643

 

Brother bread, sister puppet 2007

Jeff Farber, Grace Paley, Cheap Cinematography Productions, and Cinema Guild

Documentary on the Bread and Puppet Theater company, highlighting its production of "Our Domestic Resurrection Circus," an annual festival held at its home in northern Vermont. In addition to excerpts from the day's performances, the program includes glimpses behind the scenes: bread-baking; making puppets, flags, and costumes; rehearsals; and other preparations. The documentary also discusses the origins and early years of the company, which was founded by Peter Schumann in New York City in the early 1960s; its growing political activism and community involvement; and its character as a non-traditional theater company offering a blend of entertainment and political commentary. 1 videodisc (60 min.)

MEDIA 10-1426

 

Bunraku the classical puppets of Japan  c1973

Merrill Brockway, Faubion Bowers, Kazuko Hillyer International, and Creative Arts Television (Firm)

"Filmed study of Bunraku, the classical Japanese puppet art, which uses three-quarters life-sized figures, handled by black-clothed manipulators who remain in plain view of the audience, convention rendering them invisible. These scenes trace Bunraku from the making of the puppets and the way in which their limbs are articulated, to their costuming and reflections on their relationship to kabuki theater. It includes complete performances of works for Bunraku."--Creative Arts Television online catalog. 1 videodisc (30 min.)

MEDIA 10-1509

 

Caribbean eye: Dramatic actions c1991

Ken Corsbie, Tony Hall, Christopher Laird, Bruce Paddington,  Banyan Archives, Banyan Productions (Firm), and Unesco

"Drama pre-history in folk festivals is followed through the formal theatre of playwright and entertainer to popular theatre for social action"--Container. 1 videodisc (ca. 29 min.)

MEDIA 10-1136

 

Como querem beber agua Augusto Boal and Theatre of the Oppressed in Rio de Janeiro 2003

Augusto Boal, Ronaldo Morelos, Queensland University of Technology, Centre for Innovation in the Arts, Australia Council, Performing Arts Board, and Contemporary Arts Media (Firm)

In 1994 Morelos spent five months in Rio de Janeiro, observing and documenting the work of Augusto Boal and the Centro de Teatro do Oprimido. This was the time of the Brazilian national elections, and a year and a half into Boal's term as a Vereador (Councilor) of the Legislative Chamber of the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro. Record of the work of a theatre maestro undertaking a daring and difficult experiment in overtly melding the concerns of theatre, therapy, and politics. An account of a theatre company that is elected into public office, a story from the world of Theatre of the Oppressed. 1 videodisc (53 min.)

MEDIA 10-1186

 

Les deux voyages de Jacques Lecoq c2006

Documentary film in two parts featuring Jacques Lecoq and his students at l'École internationale de Théâtre, which he founded in Paris in 1956. 1 videodisc (ca. 95 min.)

MEDIA 10-4538

 

Eugene O'Neill a documentary film 2006, c2005

Ric Burns, Arthur Gelb, Barbara Gelb, Marilyn Ness, Steve Rivo, Robin Espinola, Mary Recine, Christopher Plummer, Al Pacino, Zoe Caldwell, Robert Sean Leonard, Callie Thorne, Vanessa Redgrave, Liam Neeson, Natasha Richardson, Jason Robards, Brian Keane, Steeplechase Films Inc, and PBS Home Video

Eugene O'Neill was one of the greatest playwrights in American history. Through his experimental and emotionally probing dramas, he addressed the difficulties of human society with a deep psychological complexity. 1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.)

MEDIA 10-2138

 

First breeze of summer 2003

Lindsay Law, Douglas Turner Ward, Kirk Browning, Moses Gunn,  Frances Foster, Janet League, Hal Holbrook, Leslie Lee, Negro Ensemble Company, WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), Educational Broadcasting Corporation, Broadway Theatre Archive, and Kultur International Films

Deals with the conflicts between a stern, hard-working father and his two discontented sons. Also tells the story of the man's elderly mother who recalls, through flashbacks the romances of her youth with three different men who all abandoned her. 1 videodisc (90 min.)

MEDIA 10-994

 

How to build a standard flat c2006

Bill Raoul, University of Montana (Missoula, Mont.), Instructional Media Services, and Broadway Press

This series of short how-to videos is designed to explain and expand upon building techniques found in Stock Scenery Construction Handbook. Each segment is short, less than ten minutes, and covers a specific topic. 1 videodisc (29 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3706

 

Il bacio di Tosca Captures the world of the "Casa di Riposa" in Milan, the world's first nursing home for retired opera singers, founded by composer Giuseppe Verdi in 1896. Featuring Giuseppe Manacchini, Leonida Bellon, Salvatore Locapo, Giovanni Erminio Puligheddu, and Sara Scuderi, its inhabitants are singers many of whom had significant careers on the opera stage, re-living and re-enacting their triumphant roles of the glorious past. 1 videodisc (87 min.)

MEDIA 10-5662

 

The lovers' exile 2006

Marty Gross, T oru Takemitsu, Tamao Yoshida, Minnosuke Yoshida, Kanj ur o Kiritake, Oritay u Takemoto, Koshiji Day u Takemoto, Mojiday u Takemoto, Monzaemon Chikamatsu, Kokuritsu Bunraku Gekij?o (Osaka, Japan), and Marty Gross Productions

The story, one Chikamatsu's domestic tragedies, recounts the love between a penniless clerk and an indentured prostitute. In Bunraku, as the reciter tells the story, the master holds the puppet against his chest, and his right arm gives life to the right arm of the puppet. His two assistants are clothed in black; one assistant gives life to the left arm of the puppet, the other gives life to the body, skirts, or legs. 1 videodisc (90 min.)

MEDIA 10-1419

 

The master builder 2003

E. G Marshall, Lois Smith, Phyllis Love, Fred Stewart, Victor Kilian, James Patterson, Joanna Roos, Lewis Freedman, John Stix, Henrik Ibsen, National Telefilm Associates, Talent Associates, Broadway Theatre Archive, and Kultur International Films

An aging buider is reaching for love while clinging to a career that is on the verge of collapse. 1 videodisc (103 min.)

MEDIA 10-996

 

A new kind of listening c2009

"A new kind of listening takes us inside the Community Inclusive Theater Group as director Richard Reho inspires cast members - some with disabilities- to be writers, actors, and dancers in an original collaborative performance piece. Chris, a young man who has never spoken a word and has been mislabeled profoundly mentally retarded, breaks through into stunning self-expression. Together they prove that a small community arts initiative has the power to transform lives"--Container. 1 videodisc (57 min.)

MEDIA 10-3928

 

Noh the classical theatre of Japan : selected excerpts performed by Akira Matsui c1980, 200-?

Akira Matsui, Larry McMullen, Farley P Richmond, Zeami, Nobumitsu K?ojiro, Michigan State University, Dept. of Theatre, Michigan State University, Instructional and Public Television, and Insight Media (Firm)

Akira Matsui of the Kita Noh School performs excerpts from the Noh dramas Benkei on the Bridge and The Lady Han to give better insight into classic Japanese theatre. 1 videodisc (29 min.)

MEDIA 10-1417

 

Please don't beat me, sir! c2011

"Over sixty million Indians belong to communities imprisoned by the British as "criminals by birth.' The Chhara of Ahmedabad, in Western India, are one of 198 such 'criminal tribes.' Declaring that they are 'born actors, ' not 'born criminals, ' a group of Chhara youth have turned to street theater in their fight against police brutality, corruption, and the stigma of criminality--a stigma internalized by their own grandparents. Please don't beat me, Sir! follows the lives of these young actors and their families as they take their struggle to the streets, hoping their plays will spark a revolution"--Container. 1 videodisc (75 min.)

MEDIA 10-4747

 

The Second City first family of comedy c2006

Second City has spawned generations of great comedians. Join hosts (and Second City alums) Dave Thomas, Scott Thompson, and Joe Flaherty for an uproarious, behind-the-scenes history of the troupe that incubated more than four decades' worth of funny people."--Container. 1 videodisc (128 min.)

MEDIA 10-3897

 

Stages of theatre Medieval & Renaissance c2005

Richard C Beacham, Michael Takeo Magruder, King's College London, and Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)

Professor Richard Beacham of King's College London surveys the evolution of Elizabethan and Renaissance stage formations and the conventions they established. Depicts the Globe, the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, and the Teatro Farnese in Parma. Program studies the importance of Sebastio Serlio and Inigo Jones to the history of stage design. 1 videodisc (20 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3317

 

La sueur de l'ombre la machinerie du théâtre au XVIIčme sičcle 2003?

Christian Jean, Marie-Thérčse Keller, and Marc Ogeret

1 videodisc

MEDIA 10-296

 

Tanvir ka safarnama Tanvir's travelogue c2007

Ranjan Kamath, Habiba Tanavira, Naya Theatre, and RKO Moving Media

Follows Habib Tanvir and his Naya Theatre on the road for two years in Europe and India as they perform his adaptations of Shakespeare, Brecht, and Indian Sanskrit classics. 1 videodisc (78 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2307

 

Theater in the palm of your hand glove puppetry in Taiwan = Zhang zhong wu chun qiu : Taiwan bu dai xi 2003?

Kan Ping Yu, Liping Chen, Stanley S. L Wang, Ginglin Chung, Hanson Production Co, Guang hua chuan bo shi ye zong gong si (Taipei, Taiwan), and Insight Media (Firm)

This video uses the history of glove puppetry as a window on important schools and styles of glove puppetry in modern Taiwan. It traces the origins of the Taiwanese form to Chinese immigrants who arrived during the middle of the Ching dynasty, discusses the adaptation of puppetry to television, and considers the use of special effects and modern marketing to keep the form alive. 2 videodiscs (114 min.)

MEDIA 10-1418

 

A touch of greatness c2004

Leslie Sullivan, Catherine Gund, Bernadine Colish, Robert Downey, and Aubin Pictures (Firm)

A Touch of Greatness is a feature-length documentary film focusing on the extraordinary work of Albert Cullum, an elementary school teacher for over twenty years and a pioneer in American education. Championing an unorthodox educational philosophy, Cullum regularly taught his elementary school children literary masterpieces, most notably the works of Shakespeare, Sophocles and Shaw. Combining interviews with Cullum and his former students with stunning archival footage filmed by director Robert Downey, Sr., the film documents the extraordinary work of this maverick public school teacher who embraced creativity, motivation and self-esteem in the classroom through the use of poetry, drama and imaginative play. 1 videodisc (54 min.)

MEDIA 10-399

 

The tradition of performing arts in Japan the heart of kabuki, noh and bunraku c1989

Hajime Funatsu, Shin-ei, Inc, GPN Educational Media, Gakuseisha Publishing Co., Ltd, Shin Nihon Seitetsu Kabushiki Kaisha, B & CI, Inc, and NCS Video J/V (Firm)

A variety of traditional Japanese theater, this program presents the heart of Noh, Bunraku, and the total experience which is Kabuki. 1 videodisc (38 min.)

MEDIA 10-1459

 

Trust second acts in young lives 2010

Nancy Kelly, Kenji Yamamoto, Center for Independent Documentary, and New Day Films

"Trust starts in a theater as a group of teenage actors receive a standing ovation, then takes us back to the beginning, when an 18-year-old Hondureńa tells the company a story about her life that involved rape and incest. Amazing things unfold as these teens transform her story into a daring original play and learn to trust each other in ways you might never think possible."--Container. 1 videodisc (78 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3042

 

Two by Saroyan 2003

Walter Matthau, Larry Hagman, Orson Bean, Nina Wilcox, Eddie Hodges, Tamara Daykarhanova, Nathaniel Frey, Kevin Coughlin, Myron McCormick, William Saroyan , William Saroyan,  National Telefilm Associates, Broadway Theatre Archive, and Kultur International Films

Once around the block: A middle-aged screenwriter gives unique advice to an aspiring young writer. My heart's in the Highlands: The story of an aspiring poet and his young son, set in California at the onset of World War I. 1 videodisc (100 min.)

MEDIA 10-992

 

Uta Hagen's acting class c2002

Uta Hagen, Pennie Du Pont, Karen Ludwig, HB Studio, Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation, and Applause Theatre Books (Firm)

Uta Hagen explains and demonstrates her approach to acting. Teaching examples are selected from almost two hundred hours of recorded classes. Scenes as well as all ten of her famous 'object exercises' are performed by her students, critiqued and then reworked. 2 videodiscs (ca. 180 min.)

MEDIA 10-646

 

A 14th-century Easter matins with The harrowing of hell and Visit to the sepulchre 1989

Andrew Hughes, David Klausner, Bob Rodgers , Alexandra F Johnson, Catharine Monahan, Stephanie Martin, Susan Korstanje, and Andrea Budgey

Includes a complete monastic Easter matins service, and the liturgical dramas The harrowing of Hell and The visitation to the sepulchre, written for the Benedictine nuns of Origny-Ste-Benoite in the 14th century, and performed in a liturgical setting. 1 videocassette (ca. 61 min.)

MEDIA 2-929

 

America Broadway and dramatic realism 2001

Richard Eyre and Chris Granlund

This program discusses dramatic realism on Broadway. 1 videocassette (ca. 51 min.)

DOUGLASS 240

 

American musical theater 1986

Presents a chronicle of the American musical stage from minstrel shows of the early 1800s through the theater of the 1960s. 1 videocassette (61 min.)

MEDIA 2-3940

 

American playwrights at Joseph Papp's Public Theater 1997

John Musilli, Joseph Papp, Margaret Croyden, David Freeman, John Guare, Myrna Lamb, and Neil Harris

This two-part program explores the goals and techniques of Joe Papp's famous enterprise in New York City, The Public Theater. Several plays are seen in excerpt form, as finished productions or as works in progress. Theater writer/critic Margaret Croyden interviews Papp and the playwrights whose work is seen. The plays highlighted are David Freeman's "Jessie and the bandit queen", John Guare's "Rich and famous", Myrna Lamb's "Apple pie" and Neil Harris's "So nice they named it twice.". 1 videocassette (54 min.)

DANA 1615

 

The Art of Kabuki 1993

Shuichi Kato

This program provides an introduction to the 400-year-old tradition of Kabuki, explaining its origins and purposes, its literary sources, and the meaning of its symbolism. The program shows the rehearsal, preparation of costume and wigs, and the performance of the Kabuki play. 1 videocassette (36 min.)

DANA 821

 

Artful resonance ; Image of reality 1992

Fran Dorn, Scott Hilton Davis, and William Scott Bealmear

"Artful resonance" is a dramatization of six poems that share the same subject. This helps clarify the difference between subject and theme.  In "Image of reality," dramatizations of selected scenes from Oedipus Rex, Hamlet and The Glass menagerie, and an interview with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson introduce the origins, structure and purposes of drama. 1 videocassette (ca. 30 min. ea.)

MEDIA 2-1744

 

Aspects of 18th century comedy 198-?

John Dietrich Mitchell, William Congreve, George Divine, Robert Manuel, and Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux

Juxtaposes scenes from two eighteenth-century plays, The false confessions by Marivaux and The way of the world by Congreve, to display their style, similarity, diversity, and relevance to contemporary high comedy, comedy of manners, and farce. 1 videocassette (12 min.)

DANA 1364

 

August Wilson c1994

August Wilson, Matteo Bellinelli, California Newsreel (Firm), Schweizerische Radio- und Fernsehgesellschaft, Radiotelevisione della Svizzera italiana, and Films for the Humanities (Firm)

Playwright August Wilson talks about his roots in the black community, how his plays express the African-American experience, how the African heritage of Black Americans is both expressed and repressed in American society today, and the importance of blues as cultural expression. 1 videocassette (ca. 22 min.)

MEDIA 2-7461

 

August Wilson 2003

August Wilson, Kate Roth Knull, Bill D Moyers, Public Affairs Television (Firm), WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), WTTW (Television station : Chicago, Ill.), and Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)

Bill Moyers interviews playwright August Wilson on the importance of the blues in Wilson's life and his writing. Also talks about finding an African-American cultural identity and what Wilson sees as the false portrayal of black Americans on television. 1 videodisc (30 min.)

MEDIA 10-643

 

Beginning the first season of plays staged by the Provincetown Players, 1915 1991

Neith Boyce, Susan Glaspell, George Cram Cook, George Cream Cook, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Adele Heller, and John MacDonald

The first four plays staged at the Provincetown Plathouse on the Wharf in 1915 in contemporary productions. 1 videocassette (ca. 120 min.)

MEDIA 2-2086

 

Behind the scenes with Julie Taymor 1999

Julie Taymor, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer, Penn Jillette, Teller, Learning Designs (Firm), WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), First-Run Features Home Video (Firm), and Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

A visit with theater director Julie Taymor who gives children a glimpse of her at work staging scenes from The tempest. Shows children the kind of visual theater created by using puppets, masks and music. 1 videocassette (28 min.)

DANA 2037

 

Bertolt Brecht c2004

Bob Portway, Clark Television, BBC Education & Training, BBC Worldwide Ltd, BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc, and Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)

"The German poet, playwright, and theatrical reformer who developed the drama as a social and ideological forum is the subject of this program, in which those who knew him discuss his life and many works. 1 videodisc (53 min.)

MUSIC 113

 

Bettina Gray speaks with Luis Valdez  c1993

Steve Kotton, Lonnie Porro, Bettina Gray, KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.), and Films for the Humanities (Firm)

Bettina Gray interviews Luis Valdez, the celebrated founder of the Teatro Campesino, the West Coast theatrical group that has given voice to the struggles of Chicano farm workers.  As a child, Valdez picked fruit alongside his father in California's fertile valleys.  In this program, he describes how he became a playwright and director and explains how his plays retrace the experience of Chicano families. 1 videocassette (26 min.)

MEDIA 2-7808

 

Between Brecht and Beckett 2001

Richard Eyre and Jamie Muir

This program examines the work of two dramatists and the impact they had both on playwrights and on the theater itself. 1 videocassette (51 min.)

DOUGLASS 243

 

Black theatre the making of a movement 1978

Woodie King, Joan Sandler, and Ed Pitt

The meaning of black theatre is discussed by accomplished playwrights, directors, producers and performers.  Includes interviews with James Earl Jones, Amiri Baraka, Ed Bullins and others. 1 videocassette (114 min.)

DANA. MEDIA 359 2-1978

 

Body language for actors: Portraying different cultures c2007

Norine Dresser, Alexandra August, Sean McHugh, Joel Asher, and Insight Media (Firm)

Diversity specialist and folklorist Norine Dresser explores how culture affects movement in order to teach actors how to portray characters from different cultures. She outlines differences in behaviors among non-U.S. cultures and introduces multicultural manners. The program covers such topics as greetings, shaking hands, physical contact between the sexes, eye contact, smiling, embracing, and kissing; it emphasizes that acceptable norms vary among cultures; and it examines cultural variations in eating customs, including the use of utensils and belching. 1 videodisc (31 min.)

MUSIC 184

 

Brecht on stage 2002

Richard Bessel, Amanda Willett, Helene Weigel, Karl Weber,  Hans Mayer, British Broadcasting Corporation, Open University , and Films for the Humanities (Firm)

Bertolt Brecht wrote plays to challenge an audience, to make them think and see the possibilities of change -- what he called "dialectical theater." In this documentary contemporaries and scholars discuss his work and the methods he used to revolutionize drama in the 20th century, and its impact on modern theater. 1 videocassette (24 min.)

MEDIA 2-7459

 

Broadway the American musical c2010

Michael Kantor, Marc Fields, Laurence Maslon, JoAnn Young, Jeff Dupre, Sally Rosenthal, Julie Andrews, Ghost Light Films, WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), Nihon H?os?o Ky?okai, British Broadcasting Corporation, Carlton International Media Limited, and PBS Video

This documentary series details the razzle-dazzle history of a unique American art form. Each episode chronicles a different era and features the Broadway shows and song that defined the period. The series draws on feature films, rare television moments, archival news footage, original cast recordings, still photos, diaries, journals, first person accounts, and on-camera interviews with many of the principals involved in creating the American musical. 3 videodiscs (ca. 120  min. each)

MUSIC. MUSIC. MUSIC 279 v.1 279 v.2 279 v.3

 

Brother bread, sister puppet 2007

Jeff Farber, Grace Paley, Cheap Cinematography Productions, and Cinema Guild

Documentary on the Bread and Puppet Theater company, highlighting its production of "Our Domestic Resurrection Circus," an annual festival held at its home in northern Vermont. In addition to excerpts from the day's performances, the program includes glimpses behind the scenes: bread-baking; making puppets, flags, and costumes; rehearsals; and other preparations. The documentary also discusses the origins and early years of the company, which was founded by Peter Schumann in New York City in the early 1960s; its growing political activism and community involvement; and its character as a non-traditional theater company offering a blend of entertainment and political commentary. 1 videodisc (60 min.)

MEDIA 10-1426

 

Bunraku 2003

Tamao Yoshida, Sumitayu Takemoto, Tomoo Ueno, Hisashi Miura, Takashi Watanabe, Mic Bond, Nihon Hoso Kyokai, and Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)

"Presents the story of Bunraku through two of its greatest masters, puppeteer Tamao Yoshida and chanter Sumitayu Takemoto. ... Cameras go backstage to capture the immense preparations and grueling rehearsals for their rendition of the masterpiece Shinju Ten no Amijima."--Container. 1 videodisc (53 min.)

MUSIC 114

 

Bunraku the classical puppets of Japan  c1973

Merrill Brockway, Faubion Bowers, Kazuko Hillyer International, and Creative Arts Television (Firm)

"Filmed study of Bunraku, the classical Japanese puppet art, which uses three-quarters life-sized figures, handled by black-clothed manipulators who remain in plain view of the audience, convention rendering them invisible. These scenes trace Bunraku from the making of the puppets and the way in which their limbs are articulated, to their costuming and reflections on their relationship to kabuki theater. It includes complete performances of works for Bunraku."--Creative Arts Television online catalog. 1 videodisc (30 min.)

MEDIA 10-1509

 

Caribbean eye: Dramatic actions c1991

Ken Corsbie, Tony Hall, Christopher Laird, Bruce Paddington,  Banyan Archives, Banyan Productions (Firm), and Unesco

"Drama pre-history in folk festivals is followed through the formal theatre of playwright and entertainer to popular theatre for social action"--Container. 1 videodisc (ca. 29 min.)

MEDIA 10-1136

 

Commedia dell'arte  198-?

Benito Ortolani, John Dietrich Mitchell, and Giovanni Poli

Presents the gallery of stock commedia characters focusing on the Maschere, the mask characters. Giovanni Poli provides the authentic voice quality, characteristic movements, and gestures of commedia dell'arte. 1 videocassette (14 min.)

DANA 1363

 

Commedia dell'arte 1997

Julia Elisabeth Brabbins, Antonio Fava, Lisa Zuccoli, Teatro del Vicolo, and HUSH Video

Antonio Fava explains the history of commedia dell'arte and shows examples through his classes in this art form. 1 videorecording (53 min.)

MEDIA 2-6420

 

Como querem beber agua Augusto Boal and Theatre of the Oppressed in Rio de Janeiro 2003

Augusto Boal, Ronaldo Morelos, Queensland University of Technology, Centre for Innovation in the Arts, Australia Council, Performing Arts Board, and Contemporary Arts Media (Firm)

In 1994 Morelos spent five months in Rio de Janeiro, observing and documenting the work of Augusto Boal and the Centro de Teatro do Oprimido. This was the time of the Brazilian national elections, and a year and a half into Boal's term as a Vereador (Councilor) of the Legislative Chamber of the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro. Record of the work of a theatre maestro undertaking a daring and difficult experiment in overtly melding the concerns of theatre, therapy, and politics. An account of a theatre company that is elected into public office, a story from the world of Theatre of the Oppressed. 1 videodisc (53 min.)

MEDIA 10-1186

 

The design of modern theatre Adolphe Appia's innovations c1992

Richard C Beacham, Peter Bowen, Rikki Holland, Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), and University of Warwick

"This program explores Appia's innovations: replacing the flat painted scenery and declamatory style of the 19th century with plastic environments for three-dimensional actors and actresses, using mobile lighting, and coutnerpointing visuals with music"--Container. 1 videodisc (50 min.)

MUSIC 112

 

Dignity of man and origins of African-American theatre 1991

Carol Bosley, John Scott, Yvetta, William Gentry, William H True, and Leslie Lee

Includes brief history of Black American performers, excerpt from Colored People's Time, by Leslie Lee. 1 videocassette (15 min.)

DANA 1369

 

Drama of the twentieth century 1972

Uses photographs of contemporary productions, key figues, and excerpts from the work of major plywrights to examine developments in modern theater. 3 rolls

DANA 45

 

The dream keepers 1999

Tracy Heather Strain and Vanessa Williams

From 1940-1965 racial barriers were steadily being broken and a stunning series of African-American firsts in all fields helped with racial inequities. Some fields, however, still remained closed. 1 videocassette (60 min.)

MEDIA 2-4293

 

Edward Albee's all over 2001

Jac Venza, Phylis Geller, Myra Carter, William Prince, Anne Shropshire, Hal Holbrook, John Desmond, Paul Weidner, Edward Albee, Broadway Theatre Archive, Hartford Stage Company (Hartford, Conn.), WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), and Educational Broadcasting Corporation

In a large, elegant sitting room, a famous man lies dying behind a discreet hospital screen. Reporters and television crews are waiting downstairs to record the event for posterity, while gathered in the 'death chamber' are the great man's wife, mistress, son, daughter, and best friend, the family lawyer. 1 videocassette (110 min.)

MEDIA 2-7662

 

Emergence of the African-American performing arts 1991

Carol Bosley, John Scott, Yvetta, William Gentry, William H True, and Langston Hughes

Includes brief history of black American performers, and excerpt from Simply heavenly, by Langston Hughes. 1 videocassette (ca. 15 min.)

DANA 1370

 

The Federal Theater, File 891, and the Mercury Theater 1999

Elena Pinto Simon, William G Simon, and Ellen Adler

This film appraises the impact of the drama groups that flourished during the Depression and their lasting contributions to theater. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

DANA 1647

 

First breeze of summer 2003

Lindsay Law, Douglas Turner Ward, Kirk Browning, Moses Gunn,  Frances Foster, Janet League, Hal Holbrook, Leslie Lee, Negro Ensemble Company, WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), Educational Broadcasting Corporation, Broadway Theatre Archive, and Kultur International Films

Deals with the conflicts between a stern, hard-working father and his two discontented sons. Also tells the story of the man's elderly mother who recalls, through flashbacks the romances of her youth with three different men who all abandoned her. 1 videodisc (90 min.)

MEDIA 10-994

 

For colored girls who have considered suicide, when the rainbow is enuf 2002?

Oz Scott, Lindsay Law, Alfre Woodard, Ntozake Shange, Lynn Whitfield, Laurie Carlos, Carol Maillard, Crystal Lilly, Trazana Beverly, Sarita Allen, Ntozake Shange, Educational Broadcasting Corporation, WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), WPBT-TV (Television station : Miami, Fla.), Broadway Theatre Archive, and Kultur Video

The visions and frustrations of six young women who are trying to come to terms with themselves and with being Black. 1 videocassette (ca. 80 min.)

MEDIA 2-6697

 

From apprenticeship to the academy 1999

Elena Pinto Simon, Christina Rosati, Brooks McNamara, and Mary C Henderson

Brooks McNamara, expert on 19th-century theater, and theater historian and author Mary Henderson plot out crucial transitions in American culture between 1875-1914. The program also outlines the contributions of impresario David Belasco and the phenomenon of Sarah Bernhardt in the U.S. 1 videocassette (30 min.)

DANA 1646

 

Fuenteovejuna 1993

Juan Guerrero Zamora, Lope de Vega, Luis de Pablo, José Antonio Rojo, Eusebio Poncela, Manuel Dicenta, Miguel Angel, Antonio Puga, and Nuria Torray

A dramatization of Lope Félix de Vega Carpio's play produced for Spanish television about 15th century peasants who rise up against a cruel lord. 2 videocassettes (142 min.)

DANA. DANA 677 cassette 1 677 cassette 2

 

The future of theater but is it art? 2001

Richard Eyre and Roger Parsons

This program explains how plays have succeeded in holding their own while speculating on the genre's future. 1 videocassette (50 min.)

DOUGLASS 244

 

The golden age of Second Avenue 198-?

Bernardi Herschel, Molly Picon, Berta Gersten, Jacob Ben-Ami, Celia Adler, Jacob Kalich, Paul Muni, Menasha Skulni, Isaac Bashevis Singer, and Arthur Cantor

"A chronicle of Yiddish theatre in America, from its beginnings at the turn of the century through its various declines and rebirths, to its present place in the folklore of American-Jewish life."--Container. 1 videocassette (70 min.)

DANA 1180

 

How theatre began an introduction to the history of drama 1985

Michelle Zapel, Arthur L Zapel, and Nancy Forderer

A series of illustrations with accompanying narration that detail the history of drama. 1 videocassette (17 min.)

DANA 560

 

Irish theater raw bones and poetry 2001

Richard Eyre and Mary Downes

This program describes the battle for an authentic Irish theater, a theater of the working class, with realistic language and gritty social and political content. 1 videocassette (50 min.)

DOUGLASS 241

 

Italy evolution of the theatre to Pirandello 198-?

John Dietrich Mitchell

Traces the evolution of the physical theatre from ancient Greece to the Italian Renaissance. 1 videocassette (20 min.)

DANA 1362

 

Jerzy Grotowski 1997

Merrill Brockway, Jerzy Grotowski, Margaret Croyden, Jacques Chwat, and Creative Arts Television (Firm)

Grotowski talks with Margaret Croyden while Chwat translates from the French. Grotowski discusses his theater, the relationship between director and actor, a playwright's function, and his ideas about the theater in general. 1 videocassette of (29 min.)

MEDIA 2-7437

 

Just do it! the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre 1996

Connie Leaverton and Mary Humphrey Baldbridge

Promotional video introducing prospective acting students to the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York. 1 videocassette (11 min.)

DANA. DOUGLASS 1467 198

 

The killing of Abel 1987

David Klausner, Michael Edmunds, David Parry, Jaimie Beaton, David Parry, David Follis, and Allan Park

Presents an anonymous 15th-century English play from the Towneley or Wakefield cycle, based on the Biblical story of Cain and Abel. 1 videocassette (ca. 40 min.)

MEDIA 2-5721

 

Laban for actors the 8 effort actions c1997

Blake Taylor, Gail Loadman, and Insight Media (Firm)

Presentation of a workshop for actors in the use of part of Rudolf von Laban's system to add variety and clarity to their physical work. 1 videocassette (ca. 32 min.)

MEDIA 2-7137

 

Little clay cart Mrcchakatika 1995

Sudraka, J. A. B. van Buitenen, Betty Bernhard, Kailash Pandya, Rebecca Ennals, Adriana Pepec, and Madeleine Oldham

A traditional Sanskrit play, written in 1400 by King Shudraka, performed by students in the Theatre and Dance department of Pomona College. 1 videocassette (116 min.)