T D 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Judith Malina, The Living Theatre, Peter Schumann
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Taking theatre in new and varied directions- the genre is not consistent amongst groups or plays. As a verb: new, unusual, experimental, innovative, original, revolution, cutting edge. Rose to prominence in the 1960s, still popular today. Founded in 1947 in nyc by judith malina and julian beck. Longest running and oldest experimental theatre company in us. They were the first people to get the rights to bring avant-garde theatre to the us from europe. First piece was work by picasso, and then ts elliot. Their theatre (cid:449)as so i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)tial that the(cid:455) (cid:374)eeded a (cid:374)e(cid:449) (cid:449)a(cid:455) to talk a(cid:271)out it, (cid:272)a(cid:373)e up (cid:449)ith ter(cid:373) (cid:862)off- Broad(cid:449)a(cid:455)(cid:863) (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)g that it is (cid:374)e(cid:454)t their, sort of i(cid:374) the (cid:373)ai(cid:374)strea(cid:373) a(cid:374)d (cid:272)ould (cid:373)ake it to broad(cid:449)a(cid:455). (cid:862)off- off broad(cid:449)a(cid:455)(cid:863) is totall(cid:455) i(cid:374)depe(cid:374)de(cid:374)t a(cid:374)d a lo(cid:449)er le(cid:448)el. The brig (1967): critiquing the military and the military industrial complex around the vietnam war. Vietnam war was the first publicly violent event that people felt polarized about.
