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A Bibliography of Materials in the College of DuPage Library
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PQ2601.N67 A56 2001.
General
VIDEO (DVD).
Anouilh, Jean
ANTIGONE
[New York] : Broadway Theatre Archive ; Chatsworth, CA : Image
Entertainment c2001.
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + contents insert.
A filmed play adaptation from the Jean Anouilh reinterpretation
of the Sophocles tragedy about a young woman facing a morally
corrupt world.
PR 6003.E282 B435 2001.
General
VIDEO (DVD).
Beckett, Samuel
BECKETT ON FILM
London : Clarence Pictures, 2001.
4 videodiscs (10 hrs., 48 min.) : sd, col., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
+ 1 booklet (39, [1] p. : ill. ; 19 cm.).
[v. 1.] Waiting for Godot (120 min.) -- Not I (14 min.) -- Rough
for theatre I (20 min.) -- Ohio impromptu (12 min.) -- Documentary
(52 min.) -- [v. 2.] Krapp's last tape (58 min.) -- What where
(12 min.) -- Footfalls (28 min.) -- Come and go (8 min.) -- Act
without words (16 min.) -- [v. 3.]
Happy days (79 min.) -- Catastrophe (7 min.) -- Rough for theatre
II (30 min.) -- Breath (1 min.) -- That time (20 min.) -- [v.
4.] Endgame (84min.) -- Act without words II (11 min.) -- A piece
of monologue (20 min.) -- Play (15 min.) -- Rockaby (14 min.).
PG3456.C5 C452 2002.
General
VIDEO (DVD)
Chekhov, Anton
THE SEAGULL
[New York] : Broadway Theatre Archive ; Chatsworth, CA : Image
Entertainment, [2002]
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
A production by the Williamstown Theatre Festival of Anton Chekhov's
classic comedy-drama depicting man's propensity for destroying
those he is close to. The main protagonists are Trepleff, the
youthful aspiring writer who dreams of bringing new forms to the
theatre and Irina Arkadina, Trepleff's self-centered mother, an
accomplished actress, who derides her son's ambitions.
PS3553.H4897 Y4 1990.
Circulation Desk.
VIDEO (VHS)
Chin, Frank
THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON
[New York] : The Broadway Theatre Archive : WNET/13, [199-?].
1 videocassette (89 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
From the play by Frank Chin of the same name, The Year of the
Dragon looks at the stereotypes concerning Asian-Americans. A
working class Chinese- American man, Fred Eng, is in torment over
his divided loyalties to America and China, which explode on Chinese
New Year (The Year of the Dragon).
PS 3557 .U82 D5 1988.
General
VIDEO (VHS)
Gurney, A. R.
THE DINING ROOM
[Alexandria, Va.] : Distributed by PBS Video, c1988.
1 videocasette (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
A comic look at the roles and rituals of the American WASP.
PS3515.A515 R3 1988.
General
VIDEO (VHS)
Hansberry, Lorraine
A RAISIN IN THE SUN
[Malibu, CA] : Monterey Home Video, c1988.
1 videocassette (173 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Based on the stage production directed by Harold Scott.
Based in a Chicago ghetto in the mid-1950's, A Raisin in the Sun
is the story of the Younger family. The just-widowed mother, her
son and his wife, and the sister live together and cope with bigotry
and hatred, as well as the strains of everyday living.
PS3515.A515 R3 1990.
General
VIDEO (VHS)
Hansberry, Lorraine
A RAISIN IN THE SUN
Hollywood, CA : Fries Home Video, c1990, 1989.
2 videocassettes (171 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
The story of an African-American family living in a Chicago ghetto
in the mid-1950's. The just-widowed mother, her son and his wife,
and the sister live together and cope with bigotry and hatred,
as well as the strains of everyday living.
PT8862 .A1 2002.
General
VIDEO (DVD).
Miller, Arthur
ARTHUR MILLER'S ADAPTATION
OF AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE
[New York, NY] : Broadway Theatre Archive ; West Long Branch,
NJ : Kultur
Video, [2002?].
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
In Riverton, Maine, circa 1893, Dr. Thomas Stockman wants to disclose
that the town's moneymaking health spa "Clearwater Springs"
has been fouled by pollution from a tannery. But his proposal
to go public is opposed by his brother Peter, the town mayor,
who prompts a wave of public outrage against Dr. Stockman and
his family.
PT8862 .A3 1998.
General
VIDEO (VHS)
Miller, Arthur
AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE
Malibu, Calif. : Monterey Home Video, [1998].
1 videocassette (ca. 118 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Originally broadcast in 1990 as a segment of: American playhouse.
A study of an honest man persecuted because of his insistence
on telling the truth.
PS3525.I5156 D423 2002.
General
VIDEO (DVD).
Miller, Arthur
DEATH OF A SALESMAN
[New York] : Broadway Theatre Archive ; West Long Branch, NJ :
Kultur, [2002].
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
An abbreviated television adaptation of Arthur Miller's Pulitzer
Prize- winning play about a middle aged man's emotional turmoil.
PS3529.D46 A93 2002.
General
VIDEO (DVD).
Odets, Clifford
AWAKE AND SING
West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur ; [New York] : Broadway Theatre
Archive, [c2002].
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
A portrait of a Jewish family in a Bronx tenement perfectly captures
the spirit of the Depression years.
PS3529.D46 P37 2000.
General
VIDEO (DVD).
Odets, Clifford
PARADISE LOST
West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur ; [New York, NY] : Broadway Theatre
Archive, [200-?].
1 videodisc (160 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Set in 1932 during the depression, the story unfolds in the modest
two- family home of Leo and Clara Gordon as misfortune strikes.
PS 3529 .N5 H8 1984.
General
VIDEO (VHS)
O'Neill, Eugene
EUGENE O'NEILL'S HUGHIE
[S.l.] : RKO Home Video, c1984.
1 videocassette (65 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Set in New York City in 1928, a downtrodden hotel resident confides
his imaginary triumphs as a gambler and ladies' man to the night
clerk.
PS3529.N5 M68 2002.
General
VIDEO (DVD).
O'Neill, Eugene
A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN
[New York] : Broadway Theatre Archive ; Chatsworth, CA : Image
Entertainment, 2002.1 videodisc (135 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4
in. + contents insert.
A cynical, self-hating alcoholic actor spends a soul-baring night
of guilt-ridden confessions, tenderness, and absolution with the
earthy, gruff daughter of his scheming Irish tenant farmer.
PS3529.N5 M78 2000.
General
VIDEO (VHS)
O'Neill, Eugene
MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA
[New York] : Broadway Theatre Archive ; West Long Branch, N.J.
:
Distributed by Kultur, [2000].
3 videocassettes (ca. 360 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
A classic American drama of love, revenge, murder and suicide
set against the backdrop of a small New England town in the post-Civil
War era.
PS 3566 .A752 R5 1988.
General
VIDEO (VHS)
Parnell, Peter
THE RISE AND RISE
OF DANIEL ROCKET
[Alexandria, Va.] : Distributed by PBS Video, [1988], c1985.
1 videocassette (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Rocket believes he can fly without the aid of a trapeze or flying
machine, and does fly just like Peter Pan. The symbolic nature
of his feat presents an inspiring portrayal of the exceptional
person, the genius alone. The story also presents a charming picture
of the social mores of suburban life.
PQ4835 .I7 P5 1988.
General
VIDEO (VHS)
Pirandello, Luigi
PIRANDELO: SIX CHARACTERS
IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR.
Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, 1988.
1 videocassette (52 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
This prosuction brings to vivid light the struggle to define reality
which characterizes the playwrights work. In Pirandello's view
man assumes reality in accordance with the role he plays; thus,
all roles are disguises and life is an endless comedy of illusions.
PS3537.A826 T53 1999.
General
VIDEO (VHS)
Saroyan, William
THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE
[New York] : Broadway Theatre Archive, [1999?].
1 videocassette (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
The Acting Company production of the Saroyan play that revolves
around the denizens of a San Francisco bar in 1939. Lonely, lovelorn,
weary or cynical, the characters drift in and out of the bar and
each other's lives, but at least one of the relationships stands
a chance of enduring: a brawny innocent named Tom is falling in
love with a vulnerable young hooker named Kitty.
PR2802 .A23 1993.
General
VIDEO (VHS)
Shakespeare, William
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
Van Nuys, Calif. : LIVE Home Video, [1993].
1 videocassette (161 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences
; 1/2 in.
Richard Johnson, Janet Suzman, Corin Redgrave, Patrick Stewart
; Royal Shakespeare Company.
PR2807.A2 B8 1995.
General
VIDEO (VHS)
Shakespeare, William
HAMLET
[S.l.] : Onward Production Ltd. and Paul Brownstein Productions
:
Distributed by BMG Video, c1995.
2 videocassettes (3 hrs., 10 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in.
Recorded at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York City.
Staged in rehearsal room and modern dress conditions, this is
Richard Burton's performance as Hamlet. This play opened on Broadway
April 9, 1964. This recording is not derived from a film, but
from an attempt to simply record the stage show for one cinematic
showing by placing cameras in the stalls during an actual performance.
ZD 0759.
Rental Collection.
VIDEO (DVD).
Shakespeare, William
KING LEAR
West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, [1999?].
1 videodisc (158 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Presents William Shakespeare's play about a foolish king who divides
his
realm between two ungrateful daughters.
PR2819.A23 E5 1984.
LOCATIONS = Circulation Desk, General
VIDEO (VHS)
Shakespeare, William
KING LEAR
W. Long Branch, NJ : Distributed by Kultur International Films,
c1984.
1 videocassette (158 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Originally produced in Great Britain for broadcast on television
in 1983.
Presents William Shakespeare's play about a foolish king who divides
his realm between two ungrateful daughters.
PR2832 .K5 1983.
General
VIDEO (VHS)
Shakespeare, William
KISS ME PETRUCHIO
Wilmette, IL. : Films, Inc, 1983.
1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Observes a performance of the Taming of the Shrew at the open-air
Delacorte Theater in Central Park during the New York Shakespeare
Festival.
PR2825.A2 S53 1993.
General
VIDEO (VHS)
Shakespeare, William
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
Van Nuys, CA : LIVE Home Video, [1993].
1 videocassette (131 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright, Jeremy Brett, Michael Jayston.
A television version of Jonathan Miller's 1973 London stage production.
Set in 1860's Venice, a young Venetian borrows money from a Jew
who gives him the money on the security of one pound of flesh.
Upon default the Jew insists on payment of his bond and the young
Venetian is rescued by the heroine disguised as a male lawyer.
PR2807.A23 B8 1999.
General
VIDEO (DVD).
Shakespeare, William
RICHARD BURTON'S HAMLET
[S.l.] : Onward Production Ltd. and Paul Brownstein Productions
;
Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment, c1999.
1 videodisc (191 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + program guide.
Filmed at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York on June 30 and
July 1, 1964.
Staged in rehearsal room and modern dress conditions, this is
Richard
Burton's performance as Hamlet. This play opened on Broadway April
9, 1964. This recording is not derived from a film, but from an
attempt to simply record the stage show for one cinematic showing
by placing cameras in the stalls during an actual performance.
PR2832 .A23 1987a.
General
VIDEO (VHS)
Shakespeare, William
THE TAMING OF THE
SHREW
NY : Ambrose Video, 1987.
1 videocassette (127 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Present's Shakespeare's play about the "shrew" Katharina,
who is so ill-tempered she seems unlikely to find a husband, and
her father refuses to let her younger sister marry until Katharina
is off his hands. Petruchio appears, marries Katharina, and "tames"
her so well that he wins a bet with two other men on a test of
their wives' obeidience.
PN1995.9.M86 I6 1999.
General
VIDEO (DVD).
Sondheim, Stephen
INTO THE WOODS
[Chatsworth, CA] : Brandman Productions, Inc. : Distributed by
Image
Entertainment, [1999], c1990.
1 videodisc (153 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
The 1987 Broadway musical was produced as a television play in
1990.
The fairy tale characters of Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella,
and Jack (and the Beanstalk) are linked together with the characters
of a baker and his wife. Their stories intertwine as they all
search for something different in the woods. After they have all
found happiness, they must band together to fight a giant.
PR5815 2002
General
VIDEO (DVD).
Wilde, Oscar
THE OSCAR WILDE COLLECTION
[London] : BBC Video ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2002
2 videodiscs (456 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
A collection of four of Oscar Wilde's masterpieces, and a 1995 documentary about his life, his relationship with Alfred Douglas and the trials that destroyed his career. Includes reflections by Wilde's grandson Merlin Holland, and Douglas' grandniece Alice Douglas
[1] Stage left. The importance of being earnest (1986) ; The picture of Dorian Gray (1976) (196 min.) -- [2] Stage right. An ideal husband (1969) ; Lady Windermere's fan (1985) ; The life and loves of Oscar Wilde (1995) (260 min.)
ZD 1137
Rental
VIDEO(DVD)
Wilder, Thornton
OUR TOWN
PBS Home Video, c 2003.
1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in
Stage production of Wilder's play, a study of life, love and death in an New England town at the turn of the twentieth century.
PS3545.I5365 E33 2002.
General
VIDEO (DVD).
Williams, Tennessee
THE ECCENTRICITIES
OF A NIGHTINGALE
West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur ; [New York] : Broadway Teheatre
Archive, [2002?].
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
"Tony Award-winning actress Blythe Danner portrays the sensitive
spinster Alma Winemiller in this 1948 drama by Tennessee Williams,
a radically revised version of his earlier play Summer and Smoke,
set in Mississippi at the turn of the century. Frustrated with
longing for the socially prominent young doctor next door, the
eccentric, highly emotional minister's daughter decides to settle
for one night with him in a rented hotel room."
PS3545.I5365 C32 2002.
General
VIDEO (DVD).
Williams, Tennessee
TEN BLOCKS ON THE
CAMINO REAL
West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, [2002?].
1 videodisc (70 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
A one-act play on which "Camino Real" was based.
Set in a fictional Latin American country populated by a worn-out
Casanova, a nostalgic Camille, and a disillusioned Byron, Tennessee
Williams' allegorical one-act play stars Martin Sheen as an American
G.I. named Kilroy, an ex-boxer with the soul of a poet.
PS3573.A798 K57 1999.
General
VIDEO (VHS)
Wasserstein, Wendy
KISS KISS DAHLINGS
[New York] : The Broadway Theatre Archive, [1999?].
1 videocassette (15 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Three generations of actresses in three different eras are portrayed
in
this humorous love letter to the theater.
PS3573.A798 U5 2002.
General
VIDEO (DVD).
Wasserstein, Wendy
UNCOMMEN WOMEN AND
OTHERS
New York : Broadway Theatre Archive ; West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur,
[2002]
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + contents insert.
An adaptation for television of the Phoenix Theatre's production
of Wendy Wasserstein's play about five friends who hold a reunion
seven years after their graduation from Mount Holyoke.
Marianne Berger, Reference Librarian
630-942-2338
berger@cdnet.cod.edu
15 September 2003
