interspecies

[Sam Stedman]

Apparently 'inter-species' is all the rage right now:

THE IDIOT SAVANT
Written and Directed by Richard Foreman
October 27 - December 13 

With Willem Dafoe, Joel Israel, Alenka Kraigher, 
Elina Lowensohn, Eric Magnus and Daniel Nelson

Marie asks the Idiot Savant, "But what makes certain words - magic?"  What
follows is a wild theatrical odyssey that could only have sprung from the
fantastical mind of Richard Foreman. This new work is a philosophical
comedy, in the great tradition of Ionesco and Preston Sturges. From precise
existential and metaphysical acrobatics, to a ridiculous game of
inter-species golf with a Giant Duck, IDIOT SAVANT is a fresh, bracing and
hilarious exploration of the boundaries of the legitimate. Presented at and
in association with The Public Theater.

Sam.

-----Original Message-----
From: Canadian Theatre Reserach [mailto:CANDRAMA at LISTSERV.UNB.CA] On Behalf
Of Moira Day
Sent: October-01-09 1:37 PM
To: CANDRAMA at LISTSERV.UNB.CA
Subject: Re: interspecies

And then there was the famous dog who walked on stage and barked at  
Edmund Kean while he was trying to perform Macbeth in early 19th  
century Canada. And we wonder why Kean only visited once!

Moira
On 1-Oct-09, at 9:50 AM, Gerhard Hauck wrote:

> The production of Kleist's The Broken Jug I saw at the Berliner  
> Ensemble
> last week (directed by Peter Stein, with Klaus Maria Brandauer playing
> Judge Adam) had live chickens on stage at the top of the show. From  
> what I
> could gather this was to emphasize both the rural nature of the  
> setting as
> well as the lack of order and "cleanliness" with which Adam runs his
> court.  The chickens were chased off stage by the two Maids in the  
> play.
>
> Gerd (on sabbatical in Berlin)
>
> Gerd Hauck, PhD
> Associate Professor and Chair
> University of Waterloo
> 200 University Avenue
> Waterloo ON N2L 3G1
>
>
>
>
>> In 30 years of student productions I've seen a lot of livestock on  
>> stage.
>> At
>> least three productions of THe Cherry Orchard have produced show- 
>> stopping
>> moments by the nut eating dof in Act 1. One dog escaped into the  
>> audience,
>> one threw up on cue and one had a seizure. Also in Fen a pair of  
>> rabbits
>> got
>> loose and wandered the steg for a good half an hour before being  
>> caught.
>> Beware.
>>
>> Dr. D. Buchanan
>> Dawson College
>>
>> Clarior Hinc Honos
>>
>> Outside of a dog a book is man's best friend;
>> Inside a dog it's too dark to read.
>> Groucho
>>