BECKETT IN REPERTOIRE 2
BECKETT IN REPERTOIRE 2
Beckett in Repertoire 2 is the second incursion of Companhia Nova de Teatro in the universe of the playwright, which includes three short plays: Not I, Ohio Impromptu and Catastrophe.
Not I – Written in 1972, the premiere was in this year at the Forum Theater of the Lincoln Center, New York. Inevitably, Beckett’s theatrical style is brought out to a physical part – the mouth. The concision of visual experience is juxtaposed strictly in a storm of lost words which come out from the mouth of a listener who is just listening powerless, standing in the black-out. Those words are about birth, life and greed, of the sin of being born. A disturbing inner journey to the subconscious, of a woman.
Ohio Impromptu – Written in 1980 to the Samuel Beckett Symposium due to the celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the playwright, in the Ohio State University, Columbus. A reader man (L) reads to a listener (O) a fragmented novel which tells how a loved one sent him a messenger who reads him a book: obviously this book is the message, in other words, the life story of the listener, causing on him the consciousness of a failed life.
Catastrophe – The action of this play happens in a theater. D is an authoritarian stage director. A is his humble and obedient assistant. Lucas is the stage lighter who is in the darkness. P is the protagonist of the play who remains in silence and moveless as a marionette intended to please the director’s wishes. Written in 1982, standing up for human rights, this play portrays the subjectivity and servitude in art.
CREDITS
BECKETT REPERTOIRE 2 (3 BECKETT’S COLLECTED PLAYS – NOT I, OHIO IMPROMPTU, CATASTROPHE)
Direction, Lighting, and Scenic Objects – Lenerson Polonini. Cast – Carina Casuscelli, Sergio Portella, Sandro Gaspar, Joel Simil, André Arruda e Eduardo Brisa. Costumes and Make-Up – Carina Casuscelli. Sound Track – Danilo Tomic. Translation – Rubens Rushe. Photos – Jefferson Pancieri.