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Interview with Claudia Allen, Brian Rabinowitz, and Meg Thalken
Jul. 17, 1989 Interviewing and reading the play "They Even Got the Rienzi," with playwright Claudia Allen and actors Brian Rabinowitz and Meg Thalken. "They Even Got the Rienzi," is included in the work "Short Stuff: ten to twenty minute plays for mature actors."
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Interview with City Lit cast members
Dec. 29, 1982 Discussing the play "A solo song for Doc" by James Allan MacPherson and interviewing cast members of City Lit, Joseph Moore, Chuck Smith and Ernest Perry.
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Interview with Bella Itkin and Joe Slowik
Feb. 21, 1980 Discussing the Goodman School of Drama at DePaul with members, Bella Itkin and Joe Slowik.
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Interview with Barnard Hughes
Nov. 29, 1979 Discussing the play "Da" with Barnard Hughes.
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Interview with Avery Brooks
Feb. 7, 1991 Discussing Paul Robeson with actor, teacher, and musician Avery Brooks.
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Interview with Alan Schneider
Jan. 17, 1983 Discussing Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" and the Beckett Project with director Alan Schneider.
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Interview with "Spoon river and beyond " cast members
Jun. 10, 1975 Interviewing "Spoon river and beyond " cast members William Deryl-Davis, Ron Dean, Elizabeth Garry and Roxana Alsberg, David Starr-flute and George Stevens-bass.
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Ida Kaminska discusses her career
Apr. 13, 1966 Through an interpreter, Madame Ida Kaminska discusses her role in the film "The Shop on Main Street." Both her mother and father were actors, too. Madame Kaminska explains she comes from a family of actors from 100 years ago.
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Horton Foote discusses the play "The Young Man From Atlanta"
Jan. 14, 1997 Horton Foote, playwright and screenwriter, and Studs Terkel analyze storylines, conflicts, and characters in Horton’s play "The Young Man From Atlanta." Horton also discusses his earlier work and events that led him to where he is in his career.
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Hiram Sherman discusses the play “Mary, Mary” ; part 2
Sep. 7, 1962 Studs Terkel and actor Hiram Sherman discuss Sherman’s upcoming play “Mary, Mary,” the Actors’ Equity Association, and what it is like to be an actor.
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Hiram Sherman discusses the play “Mary, Mary” ; part 1
Sep. 7, 1962 Studs Terkel and actor Hiram Sherman discuss Sherman’s upcoming play “Mary, Mary,” the Actors’ Equity Association, and what it is like to be an actor.
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Hiram Sherman discusses the play “A Flea in Her Ear”
Apr. 23, 1968 Studs Terkel speaks with actor Hiram Sherman about Sherman’s play “A Flea in Her Ear,” winning awards, and the differences between American theater and European theater.
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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
1971 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.
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