Interview with Dr. Osvald [i.e. Osvaldo] Riofrancos [sound recording]. 1999.

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Interview with Dr. Osvald [i.e. Osvaldo] Riofrancos [sound recording]. 1999.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41294946

Interview by Margaret Brickell for WPTF radio with Dr. Osvaldo Riofrancos, Dean of the School of Drama at the North Carolina School of the Arts, and director for Shakespeare in Central Park. Dr. Riofrancos discusses his professional background ; decision to teach at NCSA ; the structure of the drama curriculum at NCSA ; what it means to be an actor ; efforts by the school to recruit older special students to play older roles in NCSA productions ; and the goal to establish a repertory theater at NCSA. Dr. Riofrancos also discusses the theater facility ; and NCSA's upcoming performance of the play Camino Real.

1 sound disc (08:15) : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.

University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Semans Library

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