AMERICAN THEATRE: He would perform in one final serious theatre work, a Beckett play, That Time, at La MaMa, directed by Gerald Thomas, who was making his mark in the downtown theatre world and created a significant event by bringing together three well-known actors of the avant-garde—Julian Beck, George Bartenieff, and Fred Neumann—in three short American premieres by Beckett.
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I feel so heartbroken to learn about one of the final Living Theater productions being trashed by the NY press. It’s fun to learn from the comparison in this article between Beck and Beckett. I remember reading Beckett’s work was one of the first plays I truly dived into. Beckett’s characters are often paralyzed by the experiences and weight of the past that are ambiguous. Whereas Beck stands on the more revolutionary and changing side of artistic approach. Seeing Beck stepping into Beckett’s character feels like a circle of two extremes coming together. There is an interesting chemistry between the two artists. It was also approaching the end of Beck’s life and career when he played a Beckett play. Carrying illness and the past years of active shouting for change, Beck is finally finding peace in a play about the silence of the grave, which is really peaceful and heavy.
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