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  • Talking about Moliere with Richard Wilbur

    Dec. 13, 1973

    The poet and literary translator talks about his translation of Moliere's Tartuffe. Includes a clip from an earlier interview with Wilbur.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations

  • Marilyn Horne and Henry Lewis discuss their careers and opera music, part 1

    Jun. 1, 1966

    Marilyn Horne and Henry Lewis discuss their careers, opera music, and their operatic roles. They also discuss cross-gender roles in opera and Marilyn Horne's role as Romeo in the opera "Capuleti e i Montecchi" by Vincenzo Bellini. Includes clips of Marilyn Horne singing an opera song at the beginning, an opera song by Gioachino Rossini, and a song from Charles Gounod's opera "Sapho."*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Interviewing Will Geer, Herta Geer, and Michial Wilson

    Apr. 21, 1975

    The three actors join Studs to talk about their tour of performances at IRMCO retirement hotels before returning to the Theatricum Botanicum in Topanga Canyon, Los Angeles.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Interview with Harold Gary and Lou Gilbert

    Sep. 22, 1975

    The two actors discuss Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys, which Studs describes as a marvelous piece of theater. Some clips of the vaudeville comedy duo Smith and Dale are played.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • A conversation with Preston Jones

    Feb. 19, 1976

    The dramatist talks with Studs about his play The Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia and his Texas Trilogy of plays. Includes some dramatic readings by Jones.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

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