JOSEPH PAPP’S MULTIMEDIA CULTURAL PROJECT
Keywords:
Theater, Drama, Joseph Papp, Media, American CultureAbstract
The paper is an overview of the work of the American theater producer Joseph Papp (1921-1991) who dominated the theatrical and intellectual scene of New York City in the 1960s and 1970s. He began with the Shakespeare Festival in Central Park, but in time he extended his activity to modern Americn drama produced in his Public Theater. Most of his productions were multimedia projects involving artist from other fields, which made Papp a significant cultural figure of contemporary America.
References
- Helen Epstein, Joe Papp, An American Life, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, New York, Toronto, London, 1994.
- Mary C. Henderson, Theater in America, 200 Years of Plays, Players, and Productions, Foreword by Joseph Papp, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 1986.
- Stuart W. Little, Enter Joseph Papp, In Search of a New American Theater, Coward, McCann & Geoghegan., Inc., New York, 1974.
- Frederic Ohringer, A Portrait of the Theater, with Introduction by Joseph Papp, Merritt Publishing Company Limited, Toronto, 1979.
- Joseph Papp and Elizabeth Kirkland, Shakespeare Alive, Bantam Books, Toronto, New York, London, Sydney, Auckland, 1988.
- Don Shewey, Sam Shepard, Da Capo Press, New York, 1997.
Internet Sources
- ‘Exhibition Documents 50 Years of Theatrical Innovation‘, by Jim Young, The Epoch Times Jun 25, 2005 , http://en.epochtimes.com/news/5-6-25/29790.html
- ‘Joseph Papp: Populist and Imperialist’, Time Magazine, The Theater, Vol. 100, No. 1, July 3, 1972., http://www.time.com/time/magazine/0,9263,7601720703,00.html
- David Mamet, Make Believe Town, Essays and Remembrances, New York and Boston, Little, Brown, 1996, quoted in Deborah R.Geiss, Review, www.mamet.eserver.org, 1997.
- ‘News, Notes and Queries’, The Eugene O’Neill Newsletter, Vol.III , No.3, January 1988, http://www.googlesyndicatedsearch.com
- Gary Shapiro, ‘Papp’s Pride’, ‘The New York Sun’, October 25, 2004, http://www.nysun.com/article/3708
- Rabe, David (Vol. 200) | INTR ODUCTI ON, ‘The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel’, Enotes, Jan. 7, 2007, http://www.enotes.com/contemporary-literarycriticism/rabe-david-vol-200.
- ‘The Record’, February 22, 2004., Copyright © 2007 North Jersey Media Group Inc.
- Mary C. Henderson, Theater in America, 200 Years of Plays, Players, and Productions, Foreword by Joseph Papp, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 1986.
- Stuart W. Little, Enter Joseph Papp, In Search of a New American Theater, Coward, McCann & Geoghegan., Inc., New York, 1974.
- Frederic Ohringer, A Portrait of the Theater, with Introduction by Joseph Papp, Merritt Publishing Company Limited, Toronto, 1979.
- Joseph Papp and Elizabeth Kirkland, Shakespeare Alive, Bantam Books, Toronto, New York, London, Sydney, Auckland, 1988.
- Don Shewey, Sam Shepard, Da Capo Press, New York, 1997.
Internet Sources
- ‘Exhibition Documents 50 Years of Theatrical Innovation‘, by Jim Young, The Epoch Times Jun 25, 2005 , http://en.epochtimes.com/news/5-6-25/29790.html
- ‘Joseph Papp: Populist and Imperialist’, Time Magazine, The Theater, Vol. 100, No. 1, July 3, 1972., http://www.time.com/time/magazine/0,9263,7601720703,00.html
- David Mamet, Make Believe Town, Essays and Remembrances, New York and Boston, Little, Brown, 1996, quoted in Deborah R.Geiss, Review, www.mamet.eserver.org, 1997.
- ‘News, Notes and Queries’, The Eugene O’Neill Newsletter, Vol.III , No.3, January 1988, http://www.googlesyndicatedsearch.com
- Gary Shapiro, ‘Papp’s Pride’, ‘The New York Sun’, October 25, 2004, http://www.nysun.com/article/3708
- Rabe, David (Vol. 200) | INTR ODUCTI ON, ‘The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel’, Enotes, Jan. 7, 2007, http://www.enotes.com/contemporary-literarycriticism/rabe-david-vol-200.
- ‘The Record’, February 22, 2004., Copyright © 2007 North Jersey Media Group Inc.
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12-31-2007
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Настић, Р. (2007). JOSEPH PAPP’S MULTIMEDIA CULTURAL PROJECT. Nasleđe, 4(8), 39–45. Retrieved from http://35.189.211.7/index.php/nasledje/article/view/108
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