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Julian Beck Biography
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1942 - 1943 |
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Attended Yale University, New Haven, CT
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1947 |
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Founded The Living Theatre with wife Judith Malina
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1959 |
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Awarded the Lola D'Annunzio Prize
Obie Award for production of "The Connection," The Living Theatre, NY
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1960 |
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Produced and directed "In the Jungle of Cities," The Living Theatre, New York, NY
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1961 |
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Awarded the Grand Prix of the Theatre des Nations
Awarded the Brandeis University Creative Arts Award
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1962 |
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Produced and directed "Man is Man," The Living Theatre, New York, NY
Awarded the New England Theatre Conference Award
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1963 |
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Produced and designed "The Brig," The Living Theatre, New York, NY
Obie award for set design of "The Brig," The Living Theatre, New York, NY
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1965 |
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Wrote, produced, and directed "Mysteries," Theatre 140, Brussels, Belgium
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1966 |
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Co-authored and co-directed (with Judith Malina) "Frankenstein," Brussels, Belgium
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1968 |
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Co-authored and co-produced (with Judith Malina) "Paradise Now," The Living Theatre, New York, NY
Obie Award for "Frankenstein," The Living Theatre, New York, NY
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1969 |
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Appeared in the short film "Agonia," directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
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1984 |
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Produced and appeared in "The Archeology of Sleep," "The Antigone of Sophokles," "The Yellow Methuselah," and "The One and the Many," Joyce Theatre, New York, NY
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1985 |
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Appeared in the film "Poltergeist II: The Other Side," directed by Brian Gibson
Died: New York, NY
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2007
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“Varia” (group), Janos Gat Gallery, New York, NY
“The Writer’s Brush: Paintings and Drawings by Writers” (group), Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY
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2003
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“Living Theatre/Labyrinths of the Imaginary” (group), Castel Sant’ Elmo, Naples,
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2001
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“Julian Beck: Paintings & Drawings, 1944–1957” (solo), Ubu Gallery, New York, NY
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1995
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“Julian Beck: Paintings” (solo), Janos Gat Gallery, New York, NY
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1945
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Art of This Century Gallery (group), New York, NY
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| Literature |
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Judith Malina. The Diaries of Judith Malina, 1947-1957. New York: Grove Press, 1984.
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Erica Bilder, Ed. Theandric: Julian Beck's Last Notebooks. New York: Routledge, 1992.
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John Tytell. The Living Theatre: Art, Exile, and Outrage. New York: Grove Press, 1997.
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Andrew Nadelson. Julian Beck: Paintings & Drawings, 1944-1958. New York: Ubu Gallery with Janos Gat Gallery, 2001.
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Donald Friedman. The Writer’s Brush: Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture by Writers. Minneapolis: Mid-List Press, 2007.
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Julian Beck, Judith Malina, and Aldo Rostagno. We, the Living Theatre. New York: Ballantine Books, 1970.
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The Living Theatre . Paradise Now. New York: Random House, 1971.
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Judith Malina. The Enormous Despair. New York: Random House, 1972.
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Julian Beck. The Life of the Theatre. San Francisco: City Lights, 1972.
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