Edward Cornell (born 1944) was an early associate of

Joseph Papp Joseph Papp (born Joseph Papirofsky; June 22, 1921 – October 31, 1991) was an American theatrical producer and director. He established The Public Theater in what had been the Astor Library Building in Lower Manhattan. There Papp created a y ...

at the

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. He was the first managing director of the Festival's experimental wing, The Other Stage, where he directed'' No Place to Be Somebody'', the Festival's first

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winner.

Life

He lived his early life in the Boston area. His father was a rocket engineer at the

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. At

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, he studied acting and directing under

Keith Fowler Keith Franklin Fowler (born February 23, 1939) is an American actor, director, producer, and educator. He is a professor emeritus of drama and former head of directing in the Drama Department of the Claire Trevor School of the Arts of the Univer ...

, and after graduating he attended

Yale Drama School The David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University is a graduate professional school of Yale University, located in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1924 as the Department of Drama in the School of Fine Arts, the school provides training in ...

where he met Joseph Papp and came to New York as his assistant at

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. He currently resides in the

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where he has established a career as a painter and sculptor.Anatomy of an art exhibit: Adirondack History Center Museum offers a look at contemporary art
by Kim Smith Dedam,

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, July 11, 2009.

Bibliography

* ''William Shakespeare's Naked Hamlet'', Joseph Papp assisted by Ted Cornell; The McMillan Co., 1969. * ''Free for All: Joe Papp, The Public, and the Greatest Theater Story Every Told,'' by

Kenneth Turan Kenneth Turan (; born October 27, 1946) is an American retired film critic, author, and lecturer in the Master of Professional Writing Program at the University of Southern California. He was a film critic for the ''Los Angeles Times'' from 1991 ...

& Joseph Papp, 2009.

References

* Little, Stuart W. ''Enter Joseph Papp: In Search of a New American Theater.'' New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghagan, Inc., 1974, pp. 13, 54, 58, 60, 61, 63, 64, 64, 74, 79, 110–111, 117, 136, 137, 156, 157, 159, 163, 165–166, 200, 201, 213, 242. * "Not Since Edward Albee,"

Walter Kerr Walter Francis Kerr (July 8, 1913 – October 9, 1996) was an American writer and Broadway theatre critic. He also was the writer, lyricist, and/or director of several Broadway plays and musicals as well as the author of several books, genera ...

, The New York Times, May 18, 1969, Section 2, p. 1, ff. * "A Dream Grows in Brooklyn," Jack Kroll, Newsweek, March 17, 1980, pp. 85, 86 * ''Joe Papp, An American Life'',

Helen Epstein Helen Epstein is an American writer of memoir, journalism and biography who lives in Lexington, Massachusetts, United States. Biography Early life and education Helen Epstein is the daughter of Kurt Epstein and Franci Rabinek, both survivors o ...

; Little, Brown and Company, 1994 * "A Visit to Crooked Brook, an art farm," Lee Manchester, Lake Placid News, January 6, 2006, p 21ff. * "Art Farm Creations, Kim Smith Dedam," Plattsburgh Press-Republican, September 7, 2006, C1ff.
Edward Cornell, the Change Artist
Elizabeth Ward, Adirondack Life, January/February 2007, p. 19ff. * "Sculptor Ted Cornell Reinvents Self," Brian Mann, North Country Public Radio, Interview, October 25, 2007
Acting coach asks, 'Just who you do you think you are?'
Plattsburgh Press-Republican, January 12, 2012.

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Crooked Brook Studios
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