All Programs / Ideas and the Theatre

The series presents a discussion of the current American theatre; its values, beliefs, patterns, and problems. Participants include Arthur Miller, Eric Bentley, Gore Vidal, Brooks Atkinson, Cyril Ritchard, Clinton Wilder, Tennessee Williams, and others.

Available Episodes

1958-01-01Sex, fun and Jean Anouilh's waltz00:29:01

1958-01-01George Bernard Shaw00:28:32

1958-01-01Tennessee Williams00:29:04

1958-01-01Is the Theatre an influence?00:28:44

1958-01-01Freud, Psychoanalysis, and Broadway00:29:02

1958-01-01The despair and religion of Eugene O'Neill00:29:41

1958-01-01The theology of Graham Greene00:28:53

1958-01-01A matter of hopelessness: Arthur Miller and "Death of a Salesman."00:29:12

1958-01-01Where the artist is the enemy00:29:02

1958-01-01Social guilt in drama00:28:31

1958-01-01Can we have ideas in the Theatre?00:28:50

1958-01-01T.S. Eliot00:29:02

1958-01-01Religious drama00:28:25

Subjects: Anouilh, Jean, 1910-1987. Valse des tore_adors. English; Artists; Artists--Attitudes; Drama--20th century--History and criticism; Drama--20th century--Themes, motives; Dramatists; Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965; Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939; Greene, Graham, 1904-1991; Humorous plays; Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.); Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005; Psychoanalysis; Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950; Theater & Drama; Theater critics--United States--Interviews; Theater--20th century--History and criticism; Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983
Creators: Gelb, Philip; KUOM (Radio station : Minneapolis, Minn.); KUOM (Radio station : Minneapolis, Minn.) ; University of Minnesota
Contributors: Atkinson, Brooks, 1894-1984; Bachman, John W.; Beaufort, John; Bentley, Eric, 1916-; Boyd, Malcolm, 1923-; Browne, E. Martin (Elliott Martin), 1900-1980; Burke, Kenneth, 1897-1993; Corrigan, Robert W. (Robert Willoughby), 1927-1993; Dworkin, Martin S., 1921-1996; Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965; Freedley, George, 1904-1967; Fuller, Edmund, 1914-2001; Greene, Graham, 1904-1991; Kimball, Solon Toothaker; Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005; O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953; Ritchard, Cyril, 1897-1977; Seaver, Robert E.; Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950; Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012; Wagner, Jeffrey; Watts, Richard, 1898-; Watts, Richard, Jr.; Wilder, Clinton; Wilder, Clinton, 1920-1986; Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983; Winslow, Thyra Samter, 1893-1961
Genres: Interview; Performing arts
Time Periods: 1950-1959