and the NY Times obit of
Herbert Blau
one would of course never imagine
that he did not participate in the Seattle theater scene
upon his arrival here about a decade or so ago, not that it
probably would have made much of a difference.
See http://seattle-vistas.blogspot.com/2010/09/open-letter-to-president-of-univerisity.html
However, after checking around whether I might have missed something during that period,
indeed Blau did not engage with the then wilting melancholy scene.
I tried to discuss Handke's theater with him about half a decade ago when I was writing up my Handke theater lectures, but he didn't even have the courtesy of a reply'
to my inquiries, After all, Handke is the successor to Brecht, Beckett and Ionesco, and during Blau's days at Lincoln CenterBlau was at least tangentially responsible for mounting RIDE ACROSS LAKE CONSTANCE at the Vivian Beaumont, Irving having been the chief mover. He and I encountered each
other briefly at a reception at the UW, I mentioned RIDE, to establish a talking point - he averted at once, so there may have been a sore point that I inadvertently touched.
There are not too many people around here with whom one
might discuss Handke in real detail. The only other person who came to mind was
Roger Downey who had proved
himself too untrustworthy if not sinister by then.
Thus, these obituaries for deeds done in the distant past - and which never discuss the
books that these worthies write when they tire of the fight among the unwashed and retreat into
academe, where no one will read their books - are really no more than puff pieces, more dust thrown into the eyes of the ignorant.
See http://seattle-vistas.blogspot.com/2010/09/open-letter-to-president-of-univerisity.html
However, after checking around whether I might have missed something during that period,
indeed Blau did not engage with the then wilting melancholy scene.
I tried to discuss Handke's theater with him about half a decade ago when I was writing up my Handke theater lectures, but he didn't even have the courtesy of a reply'
to my inquiries, After all, Handke is the successor to Brecht, Beckett and Ionesco, and during Blau's days at Lincoln CenterBlau was at least tangentially responsible for mounting RIDE ACROSS LAKE CONSTANCE at the Vivian Beaumont, Irving having been the chief mover. He and I encountered each
other briefly at a reception at the UW, I mentioned RIDE, to establish a talking point - he averted at once, so there may have been a sore point that I inadvertently touched.
himself too untrustworthy if not sinister by then.
Thus, these obituaries for deeds done in the distant past - and which never discuss the
books that these worthies write when they tire of the fight among the unwashed and retreat into
academe, where no one will read their books - are really no more than puff pieces, more dust thrown into the eyes of the ignorant.
