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1. Bettina Gray speaks with Luis Valdez (1991)
Bettina Gray interviews Luis Valdez, the founder of the Teatro Campesino, the West Coast theatrical group that has given voice to the struggles of Chicano farm workers. In this program, he describes how he became a ...
Bettina Gray interviews Luis Valdez, the founder of the Teatro Campesino, the West Coast theatrical group that has given voice to the struggles of Chicano farm workers. In this program, he describes how he became a ...
2. The Role of theatre in ancient Greece (1989)
Explanation of aspects of theatre in ancient Greece, including theatre design and the use of the surrounding landscape, the origins of tragedy, the comparative roles of the writer/director and actors and the audienc...
Explanation of aspects of theatre in ancient Greece, including theatre design and the use of the surrounding landscape, the origins of tragedy, the comparative roles of the writer/director and actors and the audienc...
3. Theatrical devices in classical theatre (1989)
Presentation of some of the devices used in classical theatre, including deus ex machina, the crane that suspended the gods above the stage, the ladder of Charos, for ghosts from the underworld, and the physical req...
Presentation of some of the devices used in classical theatre, including deus ex machina, the crane that suspended the gods above the stage, the ladder of Charos, for ghosts from the underworld, and the physical req...
4. The Changing classical audience (1989)
Presentation of the changes in classical theatre in the 50 years between Aeschylus and Euripides.
Presentation of the changes in classical theatre in the 50 years between Aeschylus and Euripides.
5. Die Walküre (1981)
Bayreuth Festival centennial production, featuring Gwyneth Jones, Jeannine Altmeyer, Peter Hofmann, and Donald McIntyre ; chorus and orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival ; Pierre Boulez, conductor ; Patrice Chéreau, s...
Bayreuth Festival centennial production, featuring Gwyneth Jones, Jeannine Altmeyer, Peter Hofmann, and Donald McIntyre ; chorus and orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival ; Pierre Boulez, conductor ; Patrice Chéreau, s...
6. Das Rheingold (1981)
Bayreuth Festival centennial production, featuring Donald McIntyre, Hermann Becht, and Hanna Schwartz ; chorus and orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival ; Pierre Boulez, conductor ; Patrice Chéreau, stage director ; Ge...
Bayreuth Festival centennial production, featuring Donald McIntyre, Hermann Becht, and Hanna Schwartz ; chorus and orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival ; Pierre Boulez, conductor ; Patrice Chéreau, stage director ; Ge...
7. Siegfried (1981)
Bayreuth Festival centennial production, featuring Gwyneth Jones, Manfred Jung, and Donald McIntyre ; chorus and orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival ; Pierre Boulez, conductor ; Patrice Chéreau, stage director.
Bayreuth Festival centennial production, featuring Gwyneth Jones, Manfred Jung, and Donald McIntyre ; chorus and orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival ; Pierre Boulez, conductor ; Patrice Chéreau, stage director.
8. Götterdämmerung (1981)
Bayreuth Festival centennial production, featuring Gwyneth Jones, Manfred Jung, Fritz Hübner, Franz Mazura and Hermann Becht ; chorus and orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival ; Pierre Boulez, conductor ; Patrice Chére...
Bayreuth Festival centennial production, featuring Gwyneth Jones, Manfred Jung, Fritz Hübner, Franz Mazura and Hermann Becht ; chorus and orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival ; Pierre Boulez, conductor ; Patrice Chére...
9. Mozart, a genius in his time (1987)
Analyzes Mozart's dramatic instincts in both dramatic and symphonic contexts, and sets The magic flute into the philosophical and musical background of its time.
Analyzes Mozart's dramatic instincts in both dramatic and symphonic contexts, and sets The magic flute into the philosophical and musical background of its time.
10. Monteverdi at Mantua (1986)
This program examines the life and work of the composer, Claudio Monteverdi.
This program examines the life and work of the composer, Claudio Monteverdi.
11. Mozart, dropping the patron (1987)
The program shows Mozart's career before and after he became a free-lancer in Vienna, analyzing his skill at integrating music, drama, and social comedy, explains the role of the piano in his career and culminates i...
The program shows Mozart's career before and after he became a free-lancer in Vienna, analyzing his skill at integrating music, drama, and social comedy, explains the role of the piano in his career and culminates i...
12. Look back in anger (1989)
Jimmy Porter is a university graduate who rejects middle class dreams and operates a candy stall in a local flea market. His wife, Allison, endures his anger and frustration because of his intense love. But when an ...
Jimmy Porter is a university graduate who rejects middle class dreams and operates a candy stall in a local flea market. His wife, Allison, endures his anger and frustration because of his intense love. But when an ...
13. Horton Foote on contemporary drama (2002)
Bill Moyers talks with Horton Foote about his career as a playwright, his latest play, Carpetbagger's children, and the creative process.
Bill Moyers talks with Horton Foote about his career as a playwright, his latest play, Carpetbagger's children, and the creative process.
14. Stanislavsky: maker of the modern theatre (1972)
Explores the life, times, and ideas of the theatrical innovator, Constantine Stanislavsky, who created method acting and founded the Moscow Art Theatre. Uses documentary footage, photographs, and dramatizations to s...
Explores the life, times, and ideas of the theatrical innovator, Constantine Stanislavsky, who created method acting and founded the Moscow Art Theatre. Uses documentary footage, photographs, and dramatizations to s...
15. A 'Ring' for television (1983)
A backstage look at the making of Richard Wagner's Ring des Niebelungen for television, with a history of Ring cycle productions at Bayreuth.
A backstage look at the making of Richard Wagner's Ring des Niebelungen for television, with a history of Ring cycle productions at Bayreuth.
16. Medea (1982)
This play about a proud woman betrayed by the man she loves, is the outstanding example of a classic tragedy that has been more successful in our time than in its own.
This play about a proud woman betrayed by the man she loves, is the outstanding example of a classic tragedy that has been more successful in our time than in its own.
17. Theatre of the absurd: Luigi Pirandello, Six characters in search of an auth... (1976)
An abridged presentation in English of Pirandello's play in which six characters seek to exchange their fixed, frozen form in art for the uncertainty of life.
An abridged presentation in English of Pirandello's play in which six characters seek to exchange their fixed, frozen form in art for the uncertainty of life.
18. The Tempest (1983)
Shakespeare's play of a fantasy world full of spirits, monsters and maidens.
Shakespeare's play of a fantasy world full of spirits, monsters and maidens.
19. King Lear (1983)
Dramatization of William Shakespeare's play about a foolish, aging king who invites disaster when he abdicates his throne to his corrupt, toadying daughters and rejects his one honest one.
Dramatization of William Shakespeare's play about a foolish, aging king who invites disaster when he abdicates his throne to his corrupt, toadying daughters and rejects his one honest one.
20. The Negro Ensemble Company (1987)
A documentary exploring the history of the Negro Ensemble Company, through interviews with the co-founders and some of the actors of this premier Black theater company.
A documentary exploring the history of the Negro Ensemble Company, through interviews with the co-founders and some of the actors of this premier Black theater company.
21. Shakespeare and his stage: approaches to Hamlet (1988)
Recreates the theatre of Shakespeare's day through the staging of scenes from Hamlet in an Elizabethan courtyard near Stratford, England. Contrasts styles of Shakespearean role playing with excerpts from performance...
Recreates the theatre of Shakespeare's day through the staging of scenes from Hamlet in an Elizabethan courtyard near Stratford, England. Contrasts styles of Shakespearean role playing with excerpts from performance...
22. Prelude and first curtains (1999)
Examines the theater in America from the 1750s to the eve of the Civil War; including actor training, stage careers, and issues of immigration and segregation.
Examines the theater in America from the 1750s to the eve of the Civil War; including actor training, stage careers, and issues of immigration and segregation.
23. Village radicals, new Americans, boom, and crash (1999)
This program examines the cultural changes of the early 20th century using theater as a mirror, to reveal the ongoing development of American culture and society's artistic aspirations. Through archival footage and ...
This program examines the cultural changes of the early 20th century using theater as a mirror, to reveal the ongoing development of American culture and society's artistic aspirations. Through archival footage and ...
24. Into the post-war era (1999)
This program considers the unique synergy between method acting and poetic realism, marking the changes in American theater from pre- to post-World War II society. America's newfound place on the world stage is spot...
This program considers the unique synergy between method acting and poetic realism, marking the changes in American theater from pre- to post-World War II society. America's newfound place on the world stage is spot...
25. From apprenticeship to the academy (1999)
Three crucial transitions in American culture between 1875 and 1914 are examined in this episode: for budding actors, a shift from apprenticeship to academy-oriented training at centers such as The American Academy ...
Three crucial transitions in American culture between 1875 and 1914 are examined in this episode: for budding actors, a shift from apprenticeship to academy-oriented training at centers such as The American Academy ...