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With Foreman on Broadway Five Actors' Views

On opening night of The Threepenny Opera at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre, director Richard Foreman sent Elizabeth Wilson a note: 4-30-76 Dear Elizabeth, You have beautifully redeemed Mrs. Peachum from the stock company character she's usually been & I thank you for your talent (which you can...

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Published in:The Drama review 1976-09, Vol.20 (3), p.83-100
Main Author: Nahshon, Edna
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:On opening night of The Threepenny Opera at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre, director Richard Foreman sent Elizabeth Wilson a note: 4-30-76 Dear Elizabeth, You have beautifully redeemed Mrs. Peachum from the stock company character she's usually been & I thank you for your talent (which you can't help having) & your dedication to the show and my efforts: we come from different worlds but I feel we are together. Love Richard The recent Lincoln Center production of The Threepenny Opera functioned not only as the meeting place of an avant-garde director and professionalactors, most of them strangers to the experimental theatre scene in New York; it also brought together two disparate theatre schools: one totally evolving around the actor's performance, the other regarding him as but another element of the production.
ISSN:0012-5962
2326-2060
DOI:10.2307/1145093