Research Catalog

Meridian

Title
Meridian: Interview with Leida Snow / Leida Snow, interviewee.
Publication
[1990].

Available Online

NYPL Digital Collections

Details

Additional Authors
  • Snow, Leida
  • British Broadcasting Corporation.
Found In
Leida Snow collection of audio interviews and reports on theater, culture and arts.
Description
1 streaming audio file (approximately 29 minutes) : digital, stereo.
Summary
Unidentified BBC radio host talks about the racism in the British and American theater, and the way of black, Indian and other minority actors and actresses to London and New York stages, such as Jamaican-born actress Yvonne Brewster, and, on the other hand, about the problems of white actors to get ethnic roles. Includes interview with Leida Snow who speaks about Jonathan Pryce, a Welsh actor and singer, who was rejected by Actors Equity in New York from the role of Eurasian Engineer in the Broadway production of the musical Miss Saigon, and had to move to the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London to play it.
Alternative Title
Leida Snow collection of audio interviews and reports on theater, culture and arts.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Radio programs.
  • Interviews.
  • Sound recordings.
Note
  • Title provided by cataloger.
  • Streaming file transferred from original audiocassette.
Access (note)
  • Access to original item restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at the NYPL Research Libraries.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Archival original: (1 audiocassette : analog, stereo) in *LTC-A 1805.
Source (note)
  • Leida Snow
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of: Leida Snow collection of audio interviews and reports on theater, culture and arts, *L(Special) 09-02.
Call Number
*LTC-A 1805
OCLC
930194749
Title
Meridian: Interview with Leida Snow / Leida Snow, interviewee.
Production
[1990].
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Performer
Leida Snow, interviewee.
Event
Broadcast on BBC 1990
Access
Access to original item restricted. Patrons can access streaming audio only on site at the NYPL Research Libraries.
Additional Formats
Archival original: (1 audiocassette : analog, stereo) in *LTC-A 1805.
Linking Entry
Forms part of: Leida Snow collection of audio interviews and reports on theater, culture and arts, *L(Special) 09-02.
Source
Gift; Leida Snow, 2009.
Connect to:
NYPL Digital Collections
Added Author
Snow, Leida, interviewee.
British Broadcasting Corporation.
Snow, Leida, donor.
Added Title
Leida Snow collection of audio interviews and reports on theater, culture and arts.
Found In:
Leida Snow collection of audio interviews and reports on theater, culture and arts.
Research Call Number
*LTC-A 1805
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