Joe Papp (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Helen Epstein
- First Published: 1994
- Type of Work: Biography
- Time of Work: 1921-1991
- Setting: New York City and Los Angeles
- Principal Characters: Joe Papp (Joseph Papirofsky), Gail Merrifield Papp, Robert Moses, Bernard Gersten
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Culture, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Acting or actors, New York City, Marriage, Cancer, Drama or dramatists, Theater, Television or television broadcasting, Shakespeare, William, or Shakespearean plays
- Locales: New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA
In the introduction to Joe Papp: An American Life, biographer Helen Epstein presents contrasting descriptions of her subject, the late American director and producer: “Joe leapt into action driven by passion and rage and adrenaline,” says one close associate in a eulogy addressed to an audience packed with well-known actors and theater people. “Great numbers of us here spring from him, have learned from him, have loved and hated him, . . . have wept because of him and have triumphed with him. And we are his legacy.” Upon reading the fulsome obituaries of Papp, however, a...
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