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  • Ivy Compton Burnett discusses her life and work while Studs is in London, England(part 2). Peter Hall theater director at Aldwych and Stratford theaters is also interviewed; part 1

    1962

    Ivy Compton Burnett continues the discussion of class structure in England in part 2. Ms Compton- Burnett, shares with Studs that she has never been a actor she had always been an observer, and he agrees that her writing reflects that accurately. He ends the interview by telling Ms Compton-Burnett that she is a true original and that he greatly admires her individuality end 13:00. Studs then begins interview with Peter Hall at Aldwych theater office London, England. Mr Hall is the director of both the Aldwych and Stratford theaters, and director of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

  • Vivica Lindfors

    Viveca Lindfors discusses her roles and the roles of women in society

    Feb. 2, 1974

    Viveca Lindfors discusses her roles and the roles of women in society. Includes Viveca Lindfors reciting lines written by Lillian Hellman.

  • Shirley MacLaine

    Shirley MacLaine discusses her travels to China

    Mar. 28, 1975

    Shirley MacLaine discusses her travels to China. Includes passages from her book "You Can Get There From Here." Includes Chinese children chanting. Includes a clip from an interview with Dr. Joshua Horn.

  • Robert Morley

    Robert Morley discusses his autobiography ; part 1

    Actor Robert Morley discusses his career and autobiography, "Robert Morley: A Reluctant Autobiography;" part 1.

  • Robert Morley

    Robert Morley discusses his autobiography ; part 2

    Actor Robert Morley discusses his career and autobiography, "Robert Morley: A Reluctant Autobiography;" part 2.

  • Robert Vaughn

    Robert Vaughn talks with Studs Terkel

    1970

    Robert Vaughn takes time out from his Drury Lane appearance in "Tender Trap" to discuss his new book "Only Victims" with Studs Terkel. The discussion spans the years 1938 when Martin Dies became the first House Committee on Unamerican Activities (HUAC) chairman to Vice President Spiro Agnew's condemnation of the "New York Times" and "Washington Post". Vaughn created the title of his book "Only Victims" from a Dalton Trumbo speech that reflected back on the era of HUAC as being one where there were no heroes, no villains, only victims.

  • Peter Ustinov

    Peter Ustinov discusses his career in the arts

    Jan. 7, 1959

    Peter Ustinov discusses his wide-ranging career in the arts as an actor, author, director, and dramatist.

  • Ida Kaminska

    Interview with Ida Kaminska

    Apr. 13, 1966

    Actor Ida Kaminska discusses her role in the film "The Shop on Main Street."

  • Anna Deavere Smith

    Anna Deavere Smith discusses her career

    May. 4, 1995

    Anna Deavere Smith discusses and demonstrates her unique character portrayals from her works "Fires in the Mirror" and "Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992."

  • Peggy Nelson, Arnaud d'Usseau, and Olivier Bernier

    1962

    Studs speaks to actress Peggy Nelson, playwright Arnaud d'Usseau, and student Olivier Bernier while he is in France. [Part 2 includes Yves Montand.]

  • Interviewing director Nick Rudall and three members of the cast of Court Theatre's production of George Bernard Shaw's play, "Candida"

    Sep. 20, 1990
  • Hildegard Knef discusses her book, "The Gift Horse: Report on a Life" and the experiences of her life in Nazi Germany and as an actress in America post World War II

    1960

    Studs interview with Hildegard Knef, actress and writer. They discuss her life in Nazi Germany during the war and her experience as an actress when she came to America. Studs and Hildegard read together from her book, "The Gift Horse." Knef describes her family, Nazi Germany, survival, and her experience as a German in American post WWII. Her husband, David Anthony Palastanga, also reads an excerpt from her book.

  • Interview with Alan Schneider

    Jan. 17, 1983

    Discussing Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" and the Beckett Project with director Alan Schneider.

  • Interview with John Houseman

    Dec. 14, 1979

    Discussing the book "Front and center" with the author John Houseman.

  • Terkel comments, reads from Charles Dickens and interviews British Actor George Harland

    May. 10, 1982

    Readings (3) from Charles Dickens and interviewing with British Actor George Harland.

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