The Living Theatre

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The Living Theatre is an influential experimental theatre company founded in 1947, known for its radical political performances, avant-garde staging, and pioneering role in the off-off-Broadway and international alternative theatre movements.

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The Living Theatre canonical 6

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instanceOf avant-garde theatre company ⓘ
experimental theatre company ⓘ
theatre company ⓘ
activeIn 20th century ⓘ
21st century ⓘ
basedIn Europe ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
coreIdea anarchism ⓘ
anti-authoritarian politics ⓘ
audience participation ⓘ
breaking the fourth wall ⓘ
collective creation ⓘ
non-hierarchical ensemble ⓘ
pacifism ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
foundedBy Judith Malina ⓘ
Julian Beck ⓘ
genre collective creation ⓘ
experimental theatre ⓘ
political theatre ⓘ
hasKeyPerson Hanon Reznikov ⓘ
Judith Malina ⓘ
Julian Beck ⓘ
hasWebsite http://www.livingtheatre.org/ ⓘ
inception 1947 ⓘ
influenced environmental theatre ⓘ
off-off-Broadway movement ⓘ
performance art ⓘ
political performance groups ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
locationOfFormation New York City ⓘ
movement alternative theatre ⓘ
avant-garde theatre ⓘ
experimental theatre ⓘ
off-off-Broadway theatre ⓘ
political theatre ⓘ
notableProductionStyle collective devising ⓘ
direct political address ⓘ
improvisation ⓘ
nudity on stage ⓘ
physical theatre ⓘ
site-specific performance ⓘ
notableWork Antigone ⓘ
Frankenstein ⓘ
Paradise Now ⓘ
The Brig ⓘ
The Connection ⓘ
touringActivity international touring company ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Judith Malina → notableWork → The Living Theatre ⓘ
Judith Malina → coFounded → The Living Theatre ⓘ
Julian Beck → coFounded → The Living Theatre ⓘ
Julian Beck → knownFor → The Living Theatre ⓘ
Hanon Reznikov → notableFor → The Living Theatre ⓘ
Hanon Reznikov → memberOf → The Living Theatre ⓘ