The Resource Richard Barr : the playwright's producer, David A. Crespy ; with a foreword by Edward Albee
Richard Barr : the playwright's producer, David A. Crespy ; with a foreword by Edward Albee
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The item Richard Barr : the playwright's producer, David A. Crespy ; with a foreword by Edward Albee represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
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- Summary
- In Richard Barr: The Playwright's Producer, author David A. Crespy investigates the career of one of the theatre's most vivid luminaries, from his work on the film and radio productions of Orson Welles to his triumphant-and final-production of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Explored in detail along the way are the producer's relationship with playwright Edward Albee, whose major plays such as A Zoo Story and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf Barr was the first to produce, and his innovative productions of contro
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Contents
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- Introduction: "you have to hock your house: the story of a producer"
- Privilege with a price: Washington, Princeton, and early theatre efforts
- Playing with martians: stage and screen with Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre
- A theatrical warrior: Lieutenant Richard Barr
- Learning the director's craft: stock, Broadway, and City Center
- Broadway beginnings: Ethyl Waters, Ruth Draper, and theatrical collage
- The zoo story: discovering Edward Albee
- Producers at work: on Broadway, off-Broadway, and off-off Broadway
- Experimenting with Edward Malcolm to all over
- Hocking the house: Seascape to Sweeney Todd
- Brightening Broadway's lights: Barr's legacy to the American theatre
- Afterword / Edward Albee
- Isbn
- 9780809331413
- Label
- Richard Barr : the playwright's producer
- Title
- Richard Barr
- Title remainder
- the playwright's producer
- Statement of responsibility
- David A. Crespy ; with a foreword by Edward Albee
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In Richard Barr: The Playwright's Producer, author David A. Crespy investigates the career of one of the theatre's most vivid luminaries, from his work on the film and radio productions of Orson Welles to his triumphant-and final-production of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Explored in detail along the way are the producer's relationship with playwright Edward Albee, whose major plays such as A Zoo Story and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf Barr was the first to produce, and his innovative productions of contro
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Crespy, David Allison
- Dewey number
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- 792.02/32092
- B
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PN2287.B22
- LC item number
- C84 2013
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Theater in the Americas
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Barr, Richard
- Theatrical producers and directors
- Barr, Richard
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- PERFORMING ARTS
- Theatrical producers and directors
- United States
- Label
- Richard Barr : the playwright's producer, David A. Crespy ; with a foreword by Edward Albee
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: "you have to hock your house: the story of a producer" -- Privilege with a price: Washington, Princeton, and early theatre efforts -- Playing with martians: stage and screen with Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre -- A theatrical warrior: Lieutenant Richard Barr -- Learning the director's craft: stock, Broadway, and City Center -- Broadway beginnings: Ethyl Waters, Ruth Draper, and theatrical collage -- The zoo story: discovering Edward Albee -- Producers at work: on Broadway, off-Broadway, and off-off Broadway -- Experimenting with Edward Malcolm to all over -- Hocking the house: Seascape to Sweeney Todd -- Brightening Broadway's lights: Barr's legacy to the American theatre -- Afterword / Edward Albee
- Control code
- 835981087
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780809331413
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)835981087
- Label
- Richard Barr : the playwright's producer, David A. Crespy ; with a foreword by Edward Albee
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: "you have to hock your house: the story of a producer" -- Privilege with a price: Washington, Princeton, and early theatre efforts -- Playing with martians: stage and screen with Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre -- A theatrical warrior: Lieutenant Richard Barr -- Learning the director's craft: stock, Broadway, and City Center -- Broadway beginnings: Ethyl Waters, Ruth Draper, and theatrical collage -- The zoo story: discovering Edward Albee -- Producers at work: on Broadway, off-Broadway, and off-off Broadway -- Experimenting with Edward Malcolm to all over -- Hocking the house: Seascape to Sweeney Todd -- Brightening Broadway's lights: Barr's legacy to the American theatre -- Afterword / Edward Albee
- Control code
- 835981087
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780809331413
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)835981087
Subject
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General
- Barr, Richard
- Barr, Richard
- Biographies
- Biography
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater | Direction & Production
- Theatrical producers and directors
- Theatrical producers and directors -- United States -- Biography
- United States
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