Richard Foreman

Richard Foreman has been creating avant-garde theatre in New York since founding his Ontological Hysteric company in 1968. Richard Foreman: An American (Partly) in Paris argues that Foreman can productively be viewed as a (partly) European artist, whose thinking and theatre-making have been radically shaped by contact with Europe.

Neal Swettenham is a former head of drama and visiting lecturer at Loughborough University, UK, and founded the Richard Foreman Research Archive housed there.

ForewordIntroduction PART I 1 An American in Paris Classical Therapy sous l'influence de...ou Thérapie Livre des Splendeurs 2 O. H. Theatre Place + Target Café Amérique Faustus ou La fête électrique Die Fledermaus 3 An awkward ugly American La Robe de Chambre de Georges Bataille Birth of the Poet Ma Vie, Ma Mort Africanus Instructus Love and Science Don Giovanni 4 On the road Permanent Brain Damage Pearls For Pigs Hotel Fuck Bad Boy Nietzsche! Now That Communism Is Dead My Life Feels Empty! Panic! (How to Be Happy!) The Bridge Project PART II 5 Foreman's unbalancing acts What is drama for? The manifestos Postdramatic theatre Staging the texts 6 Cracking the code Directorial strategies The actor's task Scenography A critical question 7 Staging and Subjectivity In the rehearsal room The inevitability of failure Film is evil... ...Radio is good Hysterical Scenography revisited Wake up! Todo Con Nada PART III Georges Bataille's Bathrobe (La Robe de Chambre de Georges Bataille) Afterword