PAPP, Joseph

List of alternative names

  • PAPIROFSKY, Joseph
  • Joseph Papp & his Shakespeare Theatre in the Park
Date of birth
22/06/1921 (Brooklyn N.Y., USA)
Date of death
31/10/1991 (New York, USA)

Nationalities

  • American

Activities

  • Production (7)
  • Cast (4)
  • Presentation (2)
  • Direction (1)

Biography Real name Joseph Papirofsky. Founded in 1954 what would later become the New York Shakespeare Festival, and produced free Shakespeare in Central Park from 1957. Died of prostate cancer.


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