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Drama

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 130 Collections and/or Records:

Adventures in Pataphysics: Collected Works 1 / Jarry, Alfred ; Paul Edwards, translator ; Antony Melville, translator., 2001

 Item
Identifier: CC-44188-46314
Scope and Contents

Also designated Atlas Anti-Classic 8. This book presents translations of Jarry's first two books, "Black Minutes of Memorial Sands" and "Caesar-Antichrist" as well as a series of essays. In 2005, the other two projected volumes of this work have not been published. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

Albert Angelo , 1964

 Item
Identifier: CC-31913-33438
Scope and Contents

This is Johnson's second novel. It recounts the life of Albert Angelo, a school teacher in several styles of writing and varied page layouts. The novel comprises five chapters, viz., prologue, exposition, development, disintegration, and coda. The prologue is mainly laid out like a drama. The first section of the chapter 2, exposition, is written in first person singular. The second section, that is written in second person singular, also includes some unusual punctuation marks. The third section is written in the third person singular, the fourth in first person plural, the fifth in second person plural, and the sixth in third person plural. Chapter 2, development, is mainly printed in two columns, the left sided tells the main story, the right sided has comments that are printed in Italics. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

Antonius und Cleopatra / Topor, Roland., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-39026-40964
Scope and Contents

This is the maquette for the poster announcement of the play. The drawing was purchased from Nicolas Topor, the son of the artist. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

As Playwright, Havel Again Mocks Authority, This Time His Own / Bilefsky, Dan; Havel V., 2008

 Item
Identifier: CC-48476-69505
Scope and Contents

Back to art, Havel meditates on power in his new absurdist comedy, "Leaving," -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2008

Bizarre. No.1/May / Ionesco E ; Henry M ; Ray M., 1955

 Item
Identifier: CC-46713-49443
Scope and Contents

Pages 49 and 50 present palindromes in French, English and German. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1955

Bizarre. No.10 / Topor R., 1958

 Item
Identifier: CC-46723-49453
Scope and Contents

This issue includes a large section on causes of diseases. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958

Brache di Gutenberg, Le: Cronaca: La Geometria dei Sentimenti. No.1 , 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-22207-22629
Scope and Contents

Edited by Luciano Caruso and Sonia Puccetti. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Brache di Gutenberg, Le: Storia: Teatro, a.V., n.3: Dedicato a; "Teatro sintetico futurista". No.7 / Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, editor ; Verdone M., 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-22206-22628
Scope and Contents

Edited by Luciano Caruso and Sonia Puccetti. This is a reprint of a magazine published in 1927. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Breath and Other Shorts / Beckett, Samuel., 1971

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Identifier: CC-23430-23874
Scope and Contents

Consists of four plays and a fragment of a prose piece. The play, Breath, was first performed at the Oxford Playhouse in March 1970. The text of this play has been woven onto a sweater by Astrid Furnival, commissioned by the Sackner Archive for "The Beauty In Breathing" exhibition 1992. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Breath by Samuel Beckett / Astrid Furnival., 1991

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Identifier: CC-10766-10976
Scope and Contents

This sweater was commissioned for "The Beauty In Breathing" exhibition. The text on the sweater, is knitted in shades of indigo blue to indicate the rise and fall of light on the stage during the performance of the minimalist play by Samuel Beckett entitled "Breath." The performance consists of slowly inhaling and exhaling a single breath. The text of the play provides stage and lighting directions as the visual associations for this breath. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991