An afternoon with lady Susana Walton: featuring a screening of Major Barbara (1941)
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Title
An afternoon with lady Susana Walton: featuring a screening of Major Barbara (1941)
Collection
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts lecture/concert series
Names
Walton, Susana (Interviewee)
Pally, Alan J. (Speaker)
Pally, Alan J. (Producer)
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (Producer)
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (Presenter)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 2005-09-28
Library Location
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LVH 2747
Subjects
Walton, Susana -- Interviews
Walton, William, 1902-1983
Genres
Notes
Statement Of Responsibility: presented by the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center ; Alan J. Pally, producer.
Content: Title from house program.
Biographical/Historical: "A series celebrating the centennial of the first performances of "Major Barbara" and "Man and superman"; and actor-producer Arnold Daly's successful yet scandalous 1905 Shavian season in New York" -- Program.
Content: "This screening marks the American premiere of the British Film Institute's director's cut of Major Barbara" -- Program.
Content: House program (2 p.), including biographical information about the speaker, available on request.
Performers: Introduced by Allan J. Pally ; Susana Walton, speaker.
Venue: Videotaped 2005 September 28 the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (23 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Abstract
Susana Walton, the wife of the composer William Walton (1902-1983), recalls her husband, and talks about the gardens of La Mortella, that she created in 1950 on the Italian island of Ischia where the couple settled, and which, after Walton's death, became a museum dedicated to the life and work of the composer. Tape contains a videorecording of the speech only (the film is not included).
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Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20154969
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 812b35b0-e87c-0131-d8de-3c075448cc4b
Rights
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "An afternoon with lady Susana Walton: featuring a screening of Major Barbara (1941)" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2005. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/812b35b0-e87c-0131-d8de-3c075448cc4b
APA format
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (2005). An afternoon with lady Susana Walton: featuring a screening of Major Barbara (1941) Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/812b35b0-e87c-0131-d8de-3c075448cc4b
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "An afternoon with lady Susana Walton: featuring a screening of Major Barbara (1941)" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/812b35b0-e87c-0131-d8de-3c075448cc4b
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