THEA 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Bertolt Brecht, Mabou Mines, Jack Kerouac
18 Jun 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Post Modern Theatre
● Playwright was the most important person
● Bonnie Marranca - “Theatre of Images”
● Richard Forman - Ontological-Hysteric Theatre
○ Wrote plays that are filled with anxiety
○ Influenced by Bertolt Brecht, Beat Writers (1950s hippies), Jack Kerouac (On the
Road), and Allen Ginsberg
○ Got involved with filmmakers and artists which made him think about his plays in
a different way
○ Rewriting was a form of self-censorship
○ Made his own props
○ Rhoda in Potatoland - 30 minute play about a woman who was thinking about
potatoes
○ Stephan Brecht
● Mabou Mines
○ Called their plays animations
○ Usually has puppets
○ Characters were usually animals
○ B.Beaver Animations
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● Robert Wilson - started as a visual artist in Waco, Texas
○ Plays were organized around well known historical figures
○ Studied with Byrd Hoffman to cure his stutter
○ called his play operas because they were 6 hours long and had random shit
across the stage
● Raymond Andrews - deaf 13 year old who would draw what was happening on stage in
Robert Wilson’s theatre
○ Famous picture - long table with mythical creatures surrounding it
○ Inspired Robert Wilson’s way of organizing his play “Death Man Glance”
■ Play was performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music
■ Robert Lichtenstein - visual and movement language, brought it to France
and the surrealists loved it, his theatre was not narrative based
○ Famous plays = Death Man Glance, Einstein on the Beach, and A Letter for
Queen Victoria
○ Philip Glass composed the music for Einstein on the Beach (serial music)
● Post modern theatre blended theatre, visual art, and dance
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Document Summary
Wrote plays that are filled with anxiety. Influenced by bertolt brecht, beat writers (1950s hippies), jack kerouac (on the. Got involved with filmmakers and artists which made him think about his plays in a different way. Rhoda in potatoland - 30 minute play about a woman who was thinking about potatoes. Robert wilson - started as a visual artist in waco, texas. Plays were organized around well known historical figures. Studied with byrd hoffman to cure his stutter. Called his play operas because they were 6 hours long and had random shit across the stage. Raymond andrews - deaf 13 year old who would draw what was happening on stage in. Famous picture - long table with mythical creatures surrounding it. Inspired robert wilson"s way of organizing his play death man glance . Play was performed at the brooklyn academy of music.
