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  • A conversation with John Houseman

    The British-American theater and film producer, actor, and director discusses his memoir, Run-through, a chronicle of life in theater.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • A conversation with John Cothran and Steven Henderson

    Jun. 30, 1982

    The actors discuss their roles in two Athol Fugard plays at Chicago's Wisdom Bridge Theatre - The Island and Sizwe Banzi is Dead. This program includes a clip from an interview with South African activist and educator Dennis Brutus.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • A conversation with Jean Marsh and Ellis Rabb

    Jun. 16, 1978

    The co-creator and star of the British drama series Upstairs, Downstairs joins Studs to talk about her role as Viola in Shakepeare's Twelfth Night at the Academy Festival Theatre. They are joined by Ellis Rabb, who plays Malvolio.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • A conversation with James O'Reilly, Tom Amandes, and Lucy Childs

    Nov. 24, 1982

    The cast members of Brian Friel's play, Translations, join Studs to discuss its main themes - language, Irish history, and politics - and to perform some dramatic readings.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • A conversation with Jackie Taylor

    May. 3, 1995

    The playwright, director, and the founder of the Black Ensemble Theater returns to the studio to discuss her updated production of the Tennessee Williams play, A Streetcar Named Desire.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • A conversation with Frank Farrell and Sheldon Patinkin

    May. 17, 1983

    Studs talks with the lead actor and director of The Eleventh Street Theater's stage production of Kaufman and Hart's musical, I'd Rather Be Right. Farrell offers some dramatic readings from his role as President Franklin D. Roosevelt. This program also includes clips of FDR himself speaking.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • A conversation with Estelle Parsons

    Jan. 19, 1982

    The Academy Award-winning American actress talks with Studs about her one-woman show, Miss Margarida's Way, at the Goodman Theater.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • A conversation with Eartha Kitt

    Nov. 7, 1978

    Talking with the American singer and actress about her career, her travels, and her performance in Timbuktu! at the Arie Crown Theatre. Includes some clips from an earlier interview.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • A conversation with Derek Walcott

    Apr. 20, 1981

    The Saint Lucian poet and playwright joins Studs to talk about his staging of Mustapha Matura's Play Mas, at the Goodman Theatre.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • A conversation with David Mamet

    Mar. 22, 1983

    The American playwright, author, and filmmaker discusses and reads lines from his Goodman Theatre adaptation of Pierre Laville's The Red River.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • A conversation with Colleen Dewhurst

    Nov. 17, 1976

    Studs asks the Canadian-American actress about her larger-than-life career. She reveals that finding vulnerability within her characters is the key to helping her develop them to their fullest.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • A conversation with Carole Klein

    Apr. 26, 1979

    The relationship between novelist Thomas Wolfe and theater director Aline Bernstein is covered in Carole Klein's book, Aline.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • A conversation with Anne Jackson and Eli Wallach

    Feb. 28, 1974

    The married acting couple joins Studs for a conversation about their stage production of The Waltz of The Toreadors, at the Blackstone Theatre.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

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