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Arthur Bell interviews Anne Meara and Harvey Fierstein,1984-03-01

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Arthur Bell Collection of Recorded Interviews, 1970-1980

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Title
Arthur Bell interviews Anne Meara and Harvey Fierstein,1984-03-01
Names
Bell, Arthur (Arthur Irving) (Donor)
Meara, Anne (Interviewee)
Fierstein, Harvey, 1954- (Interviewee)
Bell, Arthur (Arthur Irving) (Interviewer)
Collection

Arthur Bell Collection of Recorded Interviews, 1970-1980

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1984-03-01
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LDC 52781, tracks 1-9; 52782, tracks 2-6
Shelf locator: *LTC 4518
Topics
Meara, Anne
Meara, Anne -- Friends and associates
Fierstein, Harvey, 1954-
Actors -- United States
Comedians -- United States
Actresses -- United States
Dramatists
Genres
Interviews
Notes
Biographical/historical: Interview by Arthur Bell, most probably conducted for his popular column "Bell tells" in the Village Voice.
Content: Title supplied by cataloger from information on original cassette.
Content: A track ID has been inserted every five minutes within this interview for reference purposes.
Content: Tracks 1 and 7 on *LDC 52782, and track 10 on *LDC 52781 contain nothing.
Venue: Recorded 1984 March 1 [Los Angeles, Calif.]
Acquisition: Gift; Bell Estate; 1990 NN-RHA.
Content: Forms part of Arthur Bell collection of recorded interviews, 1970-1980, *L (Special) 90-32.
Physical Description
Audio disc
Extent: 2 audio discs (approximately 77 min) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Two comedians, Anne Meara and Harvey Fierstein, talk about successful as well as unsuccessful times in their careers, and solutions such as playing in commercials, for their hard times. They recall their childhood holidays spent on Coney Island, Brooklyn, N.Y., their family backgrounds, and various Off-Broadway plays they starred in comic roles. As a playwright, Fierstein also talks about plays he wrote and in which he originated the lead role such as "Torch song trilogy", which was first presented Off-off-Broadway in 1981.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 858878588
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19955636
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 5d8a9ad0-7716-0136-0c01-5b57c6372c7e
Rights Statement
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  • 1984: Created
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Arthur Bell interviews Anne Meara and Harvey Fierstein,1984-03-01" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1984. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5d8a9ad0-7716-0136-0c01-5b57c6372c7e

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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Arthur Bell interviews Anne Meara and Harvey Fierstein,1984-03-01" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5d8a9ad0-7716-0136-0c01-5b57c6372c7e

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1984). Arthur Bell interviews Anne Meara and Harvey Fierstein,1984-03-01 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5d8a9ad0-7716-0136-0c01-5b57c6372c7e

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Arthur Bell interviews Anne Meara and Harvey Fierstein,1984-03-01