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  • Jonathan Miller discusses Shakespeare

    Jan. 12, 1970

    Jonathan Miller discusses Shakespeare. Includes Feste's song "Hey, ho, the Wind and Rain" sung by Alfred Deller. Includes a clip from Jonathan Miller as Bertrand Russell.

  • Interviewing the cast of "Zoo story" by Edward Albee ; part 1

    Dec. 14, 1961
  • Interviewing Miguel Pinero and Kathy Slade

    Jul. 29, 1974

    Studs joins the Puerto Rican-born American playwright and actor to discuss the play Short Eyes.  Kathy Slade from Free Street Theater also participates in the discussion.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Interview with Edward Albee

    Sep. 21, 1982

    Discussing the play "The man who had three arms" with dramatist Edward Albee.

  • Interview with Alan Schneider

    Jan. 17, 1983

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

  • Ida Kaminska

    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.

  • Garson Kanin discusses his book "Hollywood"

    Nov. 8, 1979

    Garson Kanin discusses his book "Hollywood: Stars and Starlets, Tycoons, Moviemakers, Frauds, Hopefuls, Great Lovers", published in 1967.

  • Eugene Ionesco

    Eugene Ionesco talks with Studs Terkel

    1965
  • Edward Albee discusses the arts and the meaning of plays

    Dec. 31, 1967

    Every play is political and art isn’t easy, according to Edward Albee. People need to realize that going to the theatre is an arena of engagement rather than one of escapism, says Albee. Due to people’s lack of knowledge and self-awareness, we in society, we deserve everything bad that we get, are also part of Albee’s views.

  • Discussing Steppenwolf Theatre's production of Chekhov's play, "Three Sisters," with the play's translator, playwright Lanford Wilson, and director Austin Pendleton

    Dec. 4, 1984
  • Discussing Shakespeare and Tom Stoppard with Bob Benedetti and Nick Rudall

    Jun. 19, 1979

    Studs talks with the actors about the Court Theatre's productions of Shakespeare's Hamlet and Stoppard's Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead. Program includes some dramatic readings from the plays.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Discussing "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" by Edward Albee and interviewing Nancy Kelly and Shepperd Strudwick ; part 2

    1964
  • Discussing "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" by Edward Albee and interviewing Nancy Kelly and Shepperd Strudwick ; part 1

    1964
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