NarcissusWorks (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
an excellent paper by Lucy Bradnock , 2005, in .pdf format. Except for the title: Lost in translation? I would have chosen something different, and useless to discuss three words in front of such serious work. ///
New York Times (Free subscription) | 01/07/2009
... when Mr. Seaver went to work there, had already given Americans a taste of Beckett, Ionesco and Antonin Artaud through its books and its literary magazine, Evergreen Review. (It had also published Beat writers like .) Shortly after Mr. Seaver’s arrival, Grove published D. H. Lawrence’s long-suppressed novel, “Lady Chatterley’s Lover,” which was quickly banned from the mail; it took...
http://feeds.feedburner.com/Mellart (Free subscription) | 12/15/2008
First performed as part of the First Festival of Free Expression at the American Center in Paris, and later at Judson Memorial Church in NYC. Carolee Schneemann , influenced by Antonin Artaud and Wilhelm Reich's psychological theories, celebrated the sensuous flesh in all its aspects as an intermedia performance with couples acting on stage using materials like paint, blood to various...
NYtheatre.com (Free subscription) | 12/12/2008
The Brooklyn Playwrights Collective presents two evenings of short works inspired by Anton Chekhov. This is the third installment in an annual series of new short works influenced by the Collective's favorite playwrights in alphabetical order. Previous years focused on Antonin Artaud and Bertolt Brecht. After attending the first night, "If Chekhov Were in America," I recommend hopping...
3:AM Magazine (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008
The Seashell and the Clergyman Date: Thursday 11 Dec Time: 9:15pm Location: Cameo Picturehouse, Edinburgh. Steven Severin, founder member of Siouxsie & The Banshees and acclaimed solo artist, presents his new score to the 1928 Surrealist classic The Seashell and the Clergyman. Directed by Germaine Dulac from an original scenario by Antonin Artaud, this film was premiered in Paris on 9...
3:AM Magazine (Free subscription) | 12/06/2008
... as well as countercultural works by the likes of Charles Bukowski, the Beats, Arthur Rimbaud and Antonin Artaud. Having been repeatedly harassed, arrested and prosecuted on obscenity charges, he burned his manuscripts, gave away his possessions, told friends he was leaving the world and then shot himself between the eyes at the age of 26. The above poem comes from the superb d.a....
