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  • Sammy Drechsel

    Sammy Drechsel and Jurgen Scheller discuss Germany and their work, part 2

    1968

    Political comedian and reporter Sammy Drechsel and actor Jurgen Scheller discuss Germany and their work. The exchange is aided by interpreter Margot Steeger. Part 2 of 2.

  • Sammy Drechsel

    Sammy Drechsel and Jurgen Scheller discuss Germany and their work, part 1

    1968

    Political comedian and reporter Sammy Drechsel and actor Jurgen Scheller discuss Germany and their work. The exchange is aided by interpreter Margot Steeger. Jurgen Scheller joins the conversation towards the end of this recording. Part 1 of 2.

  • Sam Wanamaker

    Sam Wanamaker discusses theater ; part 2

    Dec. 4, 1964

    Sam Wanamaker continues his discussion about the theater, with an emphasis on lights and music. With his production of "Macbeth," Wanamaker didn't want three-dimensional witches. Instead, he used lighting to convey their presence. In addition, similar to the line from Macbeth, Wanamaker was able to show the witches disappearing and melting into the air.

  • Sam Wanamaker

    Sam Wanamaker discusses the theater ; part 1

    Dec. 4, 1964

    Sam Wanamaker talks about the curtain of a stage being a barrier between the set and the audience. Wanaker says that with theater today, there are more theaters in the round and more thrusts of ramps built into the audience, so that the audience can feel they are a part of the production of the play.

  • Sam Pilafian and Gerhard Meinl discuss the tuba

    Aug. 30, 1991

    While in town for the Chicago Jazz Festival, Sam Pilafian and Gerhard Meinl discuss the history of the tuba. With demonstrations on the tuba, they play scales and other short pieces. Gerhard Meinl's family business of making instruments like the tuba has been around since 1810, explained Meinl.

  • Sam Levenson talks with Studs Terkel

    1957

    Sam Levenson discusses comedy and talks about his family life. He talks about the social push to get the children "off the corner" and how the roles in a traditional family have changed.

  • Sam Gary and Josh White discuss folk music and their careers

    1960

    Interviewing singer, guitarist, and civil rights activist Josh White and blues singer Sam Gary about their blues and folk music.

  • Sally Trench discusses her book “Bury Me in My Boots” ; part 2

    1968

    Humanitarian and author Sally Trench discusses her book “Bury Me in My Boots,” her work with the homeless communities in England, her journeys, and her belief in self-help with Studs Terkel. Both Trench and Terkel read an excerpt from Trench’s book “Bury Me in My Boots.”

  • Sally Trench discusses her book “Bury Me in My Boots” ; part 1

    1968

    Humanitarian and author Sally Trench discusses her book “Bury Me in My Boots,” her work with the homeless communities in England, her journeys, and her belief in self-help with Studs Terkel. Terkel reads an excerpt from Trench’s book “Bury Me in My Boots.”

  • Sally Heyneman and Janette Pankow discuss autism and the STEP (School for the Treatment of Emotional Problems)

    Oct. 14, 1975

    Teacher Sally Heyneman and parent Janette Pankow discuss the STEP (School for the Treatment of Emotional Problems). Heyneman is a teacher at the STEP school in South Shore and Pankow's son, Tony, is a student there. A brief audio clip from a previous interview with Heyneman and Alice Jerome discussing the STEP school in 1970 is played at (00:23:00).

  • Sally Diamond and Kathy Loftus discuss day care centers.

    Nov. 21, 1973

    Sally Diamond and Kathy Loftus discuss the crisis in day care centers. They also discuss working families and families on welfare. Includes an earlier interview with Kathy Loftus.

  • Sally Belfrage

    Sally Belfrage discusses her book “Living with War: A Belfast Year”

    Oct. 23, 1987

    Investigative journalist Sally Belfrage discusses her book “Living With War: A Belfast Year.” Belfrage discusses the complexities of the British and Irish relationship in Belfast and how opinions on this subject change from generation to generation. Studs plays Ireland's national anthem “Amhrán na bhFiann / The Soldier’s Song”; a traditional Irish song “The Sash My Father Wore”; and "Four Green Fields" - Tommy Makem and The Clancy Brothers (1969).

  • Sada Thompson, Alfred Uhry, Bill Cobbs in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Mar. 28, 1988
  • Ryland Davies and Margaret Price discuss opera and their performance in Mozart's "Don Giovanni"

    1972

    Ryland Davies and Margaret Price discuss opera, Welsh art and culture, and their musical upbringings. They discuss various characters and operas they have performed in, including "Don Giovanni" and "Lulu". Music is played throughout the original airing, but has been removed from this recording for copyright reasons.

  • Ruth Page discusses her life and career in ballet

    Apr. 11, 1978

    According to Ruth Page, she nearly fainted at the touch of Anna Pavlova's hand when they danced together. Pavlova remained a great inspiration to Ruth Page. Anyone can dance, explained Page, but she really admired great choreographers like Martha Graham and George Balanchine. Page said, good dancers are not copiers and they do something new.

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