Frankenstein [videorecording] / the Living Theatre. 1965.

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Frankenstein [videorecording] / the Living Theatre. 1965.

A German-speaking narrator/host introduces a performance of the Living Theatre's experimental re-telling of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein". Influenced by the writing of Mary Shelly, Shakespeare, Ibsen, and Aeschylus. Tape concludes with an interview in German with Julian Beck and Judith Malina.

1 videocassette (120 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. viewing copy.

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Rischbieter, Henning

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Living Theatre (New York, N.Y.)

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The Living Theatre, founded by Judith Malina and Julian Beck in 1947, produced avant-garde plays performed in New York theaters until 1963, when they were shut down by the IRS for failing to pay taxes. After a worldwide tour, the Living Theatre settled in Berlin in 1965. The company toured the United States in 1968. After touring Brazil and Europe, the Living Theatre came back to New York in May 1989 where it has its present home. From the guide to the Living Theatre designs, 1948-19...

Beck, Julian, 1905-

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Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851

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Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley (b. 30 August 1797, Somers Town, London-d. 1 February 1851, London, England) was an English novelist, best known as the author of Frankenstein. She also wrote short-stories, poetry, biographies, journal articles, reviews, and edited the works of her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley....

Malina, Judith, 1926-....

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Judith Malina, director, producer, poet, and actress, was born in Kiel, Germany and emigrated to New York before the War. In 1948 she was married to the painter Julian Beck, and together they founded The Living Theatre. The Living Theatre had its inaugural season in 1951 at the Cherry Lane Theatre and later moved to a loft on 100th Street. The company, which was dedicated to a non-commercial theater that would be a part of the community and perform the works of contempor...