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Interview with Anna Crouse

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Title
Interview with Anna Crouse
Additional title: Anna Crouse interviewed by Bill Appleton
Names
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Division., Theatre on Film and Tape Archive. (Producer)
Crouse, Anna Erskine (Interviewee)
Appleton, William W., 1915-2014 (Interviewer)
Collection

Theatre on Film and Tape Archive Public Program Videos

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1996
Place: New York
Library locations
Theatre on Film and Tape Archive
Shelf locator: NCOW 177
Topics
Crouse, Anna Erskine
Crouse, Russel, 1893-1966 -- Friends and associates
Lindsay, Howard, 1889-1968 -- Friends and associates
Lindsay, Howard, 1889-1968. Life with father
Porter, Cole, 1891-1964. Anything goes
Lindsay, Howard, 1889-1968. State of the union
Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989. Call me madam
Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Sound of music
Kesselring, Joseph, 1902-1967. Arsenic and old lace
Theatre Development Fund
Dramatists
Performing arts -- Ticket prices
Genres
Interviews
Notes
Statement of responsibility: [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Betty L. Corwin, director.
Venue: Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., Mar. 26, 1996.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 2 videocassettes (78 min.) :sd., col. ;3/4 in. (U-matic)
Description
Anna Crouse discusses her life and career, especially her work with Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, including the plays and musicals Life with father, Anything goes, State of the union, Call me madam, The sound of music, and Arsenic and old lace, and her part in creating the Theatre Development Fund's half-price ticket booth (i.e. the TKTS Discount Booth) in New York City's Times Square.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG98-F495
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14380357
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b22774302
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 62e5f650-6a4c-0139-4dcc-0242ac110003
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library holds or manages the copyright(s) in this item. If you need information about reusing this item, please go to: http://nypl.org/permissions

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  • 1996: Created
  • 2021: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

MLA Format

Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Anna Crouse" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1996. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9d8cd2e2-bb48-4f3d-959a-9657adef245a

Chicago/Turabian Format

Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Anna Crouse" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 22, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9d8cd2e2-bb48-4f3d-959a-9657adef245a

APA Format

Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, The New York Public Library. (1996). Interview with Anna Crouse Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9d8cd2e2-bb48-4f3d-959a-9657adef245a

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Interview with Anna Crouse