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  • Interviewing Ruth Draper and Lord Richard Buckley ; part 1

    1958
  • Interviewing Ruby Dee

    May. 31, 1979

    The actor and political activist shares with Studs her thoughts on the state of theater and civil rights. Includes clips of Terkel's interviews with Dee and Ossie Davis at the 1963 March on Washington, and a clip of the activist poet John Beecher.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Interviewing Roscoe Lee Browne, Gregory Mosher, and Derek Walcott

    1982

    The actor, director, and playwright of the Goodman Theater's Panto (AKA Pantomine) join Studs to discuss its major themes of colonialism and racial role reversal.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Interviewing playwright John Guare and the cast from the cabaret musical review "Hey, Stay a While"

    Feb. 15, 1984
  • Interviewing Piven Theatre founders Joyce and Byrne Piven

    Mar. 29, 1982

    The acting and teaching couple discuss their Five Stories project - a theater production which draws on works by Chekhov, Faulkner, Isaac Bashevis Singer, and James Joyce. This program also includes a clip of William Faulkner speaking.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Interviewing Peter Zeisler

    Sep. 15, 1981

    The co-founder of Minneapolis' Guthrie Theater talks about his goal to show that first-rate productions can be made outside of New York. He goes on to describe the importance of regional theater and funding for the arts.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Interviewing Peter Dews

    Jul. 19, 1963

    The British director of stage and television plays joins Studs to preview his 1964 summer lineup of productions at Ravinia, to coincide with Shakespeare's 400th birthday celebrations.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Interviewing Pauline Brailsford and Nicholas Rudall

    Jan. 11, 1982

    The English actress and the founding director of Chicago's Court Theatre discuss their staging of John Osborne's The Entertainer and the demise of music hall tradition as metaphor for the waning of the British Empire.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Interviewing Patrick Henry

    Aug. 28, 1973

    The founder and director of Chicago's Free Street Theater joins Studs to talk about bringing contemporary theater to the communities, especially those that don't ordinarily get out to theaters.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Interviewing Mme. Francoise Rosay, French actress, while Studs was in Paris, France ; part 2

  • Interviewing Mme. Francoise Rosay, French actress, while Studs was in Paris, France ; part 1

    Nov. 1, 1962
  • 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 

  • Interviewing members of the Philippine Educational Theatre Association

    1980

    members of the Philippine Educational Theatre Association.

  • Interviewing Martyn Green

    Nov. 11, 1974

    The English actor and singer talks about his performance in Edward Bond's The Sea, at The Goodman Theatre, which would end up being his final role on stage.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Interviewing Martha Schlamme and Alvin Epstein

    Aug. 13, 1980
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