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Television Theater
  • Interview with playwright and author William Gibson.

    1969

    Interviewing William Gibson.

  • Elliott Reid

    Interview with Elliott Reid

    1967

    Elliott Reid talks about his career as an American actor. He talks about various that he was part of, with a great focus on satire and political humor.

  • Burr Tillstrom

    Burr Tillstrom talks with Studs Terkel

    Dec. 3, 1979
  • Jean Marsh and Ellis Rabb discuss their roles in "Twelfth Night"

    Jun. 16, 1978

    Discussing their roles as Viola and Malvolio in the play "Twelfth Night" with the actors Jean Marsh and Ellis Raab.

  • Interviewing Cathleen Nesbitt ; part 1

    1960
  • 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.

  • John Lahr discusses his book "Autograph Hound"

    Mar. 22, 1973

    John Lahr discusses celebrities, the media, and his book "Autograph Hound". Includes Studs Terkel and John Lahr reading from Lahr's book "Autograph Hound".

  • Brooke Hayward in conversation with Studs Terkel

    1980
  • Joyce Grenfell

    Joyce Grenfell discusses her career

    1962

    Joyce Grenfell discusses her career (and includes portion of interview with Clancy Sigal, which starts around 39:08).

  • Elia Kazan

    Discussing "The Understudy" and interviewing Elia Kazan

    Jan. 3, 1975

    Discussing "The Understudy : a Novel" and interviewing Elia Kazan.

  • Jonathan Miller

    Jonathan Miller discusses English society and class and Alice in Wonderland; part 1

    Feb. 5, 1968

    Jonathan Miller discusses English society and class post WW2 and his TV movie Alice in Wonderland; part 1.

  • Peter Sellars

    Peter Sellars talks about his production of Wagner's Tannhauser at Chicago's Lyric Opera

    Oct. 14, 1988
  • Jonathan Miller

    Jonathan Miller discusses English society and class and Alice in Wonderland; part 2

    Feb. 5, 1968

    Jonathan Miller discusses English society and class post WW2 and his TV movie Alice in Wonderland; part 2.

  • Jonathan Miller

    Jonathan Miller discusses theater

    1969

    Terkel interviews Jonathan Miller about Shakespeare theater with some comparisons between American and English theater. They also talk a great deal about American drama, actors, and theater.

  • Interviewing Cathleen Nesbitt ; part 2

    1960
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