Many people seem to have discussed many areas of interest with regard to other programme suggestions and it appears this work has been overlooked.
This work is intruiging as (similar to Artaud's other suggestions) it creates a paradox by containing both what he is attempting to avoid and what he is attempting to achieve!
The Story of Rabbi Simeon as I understand is a late encounter one night between the Rabbi and someone who is later discovered as the Angel of Death.
"The rabbi enquired of this character who he was, and the latter replied thai he was God's messenger. "Why is it that you look so strange," the rabbi continued. On account of the talk of human beings who say "this and that we will do," and yet not one of them knows when he will be summoned to die, was the answer. When Rabbi Simeon asks to be told the date of his own death, the Angel explains that he does not have jurisdiction over righteous people. The midrash then supports this statement with this quotation from Proverbs 10:27, "The fear of the Lord prolongs life."(38) Though death may be postponed, yet none will escape this end."
This contains many of Artaud's principles regarding his idea of a Theatre of Cruelty. The work itself does not necessarily need to be restricted by the published text but rather engross itself with the subject matter, "The fear of the Lord prolongs life."
The representation of the Angel of Death can be greatly physicalised in order to prompt the question as to why the angel does look so strange and the unknown/devised quality of the angel's appearance leaves an opportunity to introduce Artaud's "objects, masks and props...stressing the physical aspect of all imagery and expression."
The stage language along with the overall style of the piece gives words "the significance they have in dreams."
This production would be the most likely candidate due to it's openness to interpretation & change and it's topicality.
Tuesday, 23 October 2007
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