Richard Foreman: Plays and Manifestos

by Kate Davy (editor)

Book by

Genres: Drama, Theatre

229 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1976

Reviews

[Aaron Mcilhenny]

The tragedy is that the manifestos are really so much better than the plays

(Admittedly the plays get better if you force yourself to reread them)

[Brad]

What is most fascinating about Richard Foreman is his vision, as best understood in his manifesto. By nature, his manifesto could not/should not/would not be linear. Once one embraces this fact, The Ontological-Hysteric Manifesto can become a treasure. One simple lesson I gleaned: no artistic vision could ever be fully explained in well-structured paragraphs.

[Andrew]

Hard to understand, which hardly matters.