Catégorie : en anglais
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Tennessee Williams
This is very significant of Tennessee Williams’s sense of poetry or lyricism in the theatre. The fact that he gives us an epigraph to his play, a short quote by a poet, is in keeping with his sense of lyricism in his own writing. And this begins, this poetical sense, begins with the very titles…
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Living Theatre
First, I’d like to insist on the importance of the Living Theatre. I would like to say a few words about the Open Theatre, which is a developmentof the Living Theatre, under the influence of Joseph Chaikin. Transcription du cours First, I’d like to insist on the importance of the Living Theatre, and this is…
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Arthur Miller
Last time I spoke about the Group Theatre and I said that Arthur Miller in a way was in succession to that kind of committed theatre. And now I’d like to concentrate a little more on Arthur Miller himself and his career. Transcription du cours Last time I spoke about the Group Theatre and I…
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American Theatre
This course is a survey in the American theatre, and it will be illustrated by four plays: A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams ; Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller; one play by Leroy Jones, Dutchman, and one play by Sam Shepard, True West. Transcription du cours This course is a survey in…
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American Avant-Garde in the 60’s 1
What I would like to discuss today is the great period of the American avant-garde in the 60s. It’s a very interesting period, and it is slightly difficult to suggest what it was all about, since there are few traces left, because it was mostly images, it was mostly performances and interventions, but there are…
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American Avant-Garde in the 60’s 2
You may think that I insist too much on happenings, but I do it deliberately because I think they were so capital for an understanding of everything that has taken place in the American theatre in the 60s and later on. So, I go back to what I was discussing last time, the “action collage”…
Marie-Claire Pasquier - 1933-2023 - Écrits, traductions, cours 