Recorded on audiocassette. Recording hosted by the Library of Congress.
- Video recording: Full Play (1:09:22): MP4
- Video recording: Excerpts (31:23): MP4
Lava, 1989
Video recording (1:07:41): MP4
Symphony of Rats (1988): Multiple Takes
- Video recording: Camera view 1 (1:23:17): MP4
- Video recording: Camera view 2 (1:21:48): MP4
- Above view: MP4
- From above: MP4
- Video-8: MP4
- Rehearsal video-8: MP4
- Speech #1: link pending
- Close-up study: MP4
- Speech #2: MP4
- Take 2: MP4
Radio Rick in Heaven and Radio Richard in Hell (1987)
with Kate Manheim and Foreman et al, presented as part of Film Is Evil: Radio Is Good
Filmed by Babette Mangolte
MP4
Cure, 1986
Video recording (1:12:41): MP4
2005 Bristol Old Vic production: YouTube
La Robe de Chambre de Georges Bataille (Paris), 1983
Video recording (1:09:15): MP4
Flaubert Readings at The Performing Garage
In the 1980s, The Wooster Group was developing a new production based on Gustave Flaubert’s
The Temptation of Saint Anthony. The piece became Frank Dell’s The Temptation of St. Antony.
As part of our early investigations, they read a lot of Flaubert’s writings, and in 1986, invited Richard
to come to The Performing Garage and read some of Flaubert’s letters. Here are two short clips from these readings: the first is from Flaubert’s correspondence with Ivan Turgenevfrom the 1860s (the voice you hear in the background is Michael Kirby). The second clip is from a letter
Flaubert wrote to his mother.
(4:12): MP4
Language/Noise Festival, at New York Public Theater, January 11, 1982
Full description and transcrption of intro Language/Noise
Introduction MP3
Strong Medicine, 1981
Video recording (1:20:07): MP4
Bonus: June 28, 1979 interview with John Hagan (1'04"): sound adjusted: MP3, orignal: MP3
Luogo and Barsaglio (Place and Target) (Rome), 1980
Video recording (1:19:39): MP4
Video Recording (28:50): MP4
Book of Splendors (1976)
with Kate Manheim; montage (edited in camera) by Ken Jacobs, including shots of Foreman
(3:56):MP4
Reading at Franklin Furnace, 1977
Video recording (31:36): MP4
Three Penny Opera (1976)
(excerpts, filmed by Kirk Winslow), Vivian Beaumont Theater, Lincoln Center (silent)
(22:09): MP4
Stuart Sherman Second Spectacle (1976)
With Stefan Brecht, Stuart Sherman, Kate Manheim, Foreman
(45 min): MP4
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Out of the Body Travel (1976)
for (and with students from) the American Dance Festival, New London, CT
Filmed by Babette Mangold
(42 min): MP4
Sophia = (Wisdom): The Cliffs (1972)
with Kate Manheim, J. Hoberman, Bob Fleischer
shot by Ernie Gehr, total time: 123 min.
Part 1 (31:28): MP4
Part 2 (30:46): MP4
Part 3 (29:35): MP4
Part 4 (29:52): mp4
Early Work Excerpts
Excerpts from Rhoda in Potatoland (1975), Livre des Splendeurs (1976)(Paris), Blvd. de Paris: I’ve Got the Shakes (1977), Three Penny Opera [dupe of above] (1976), Book of Splendors; Part II (Book of Leaves) Action at a Distance (1977), Sophia = (Wisdom): Part 3: The Cliffs (1972)
Super 8 films by Kirk Winslow (PennSound seeks confirmation of this attribution)
- Chapter 1 (13:00): MP4
- Chapter 2 (18:05): MP4
- Chapter 3 (25:27): MP4
- Chapter 4 (20:41): MP4
- Chapter 5 (11:52): MP4
Forman Planet, date unknown
Video Recording (1:16:24): MP4
Collaborations with Stanley Silverman, 1974–2018
Includes Hotel For Criminals, Africanus Instructus,
The American Imagination, Love & Science,
and Elephant Steps.
See full collection at this link.
Also of Interest:
Henry Hills' King Richard, which features Foreman in conversation with Emma Bee Bernstein (from Emma's Dilemma)
Theater Talk with Willem Defoe (2011)
- Episode #24/25, "The Forest of Symbols," 2004 (31:02): MP3
- Episode #65, "Richard the II," 2005 (28:16): MP3
- Episode #104, "Zomboid and Monk," 2006 (29:06): MP3
- Episode #137, "Girly Man/Wake Up Mr. Sleepy!" (29:03): MP3
- Episode #173, "Wake UP! The Books Are On Fire!," 2008 (29:25): MP3
- Episode #203: "Performances" (17:51): MP3
Patrick Kennedy productions of Richard Foreman:
SOPHIA=(WISDOM) PART 3: THE CLIFFS - New Theatre, Sydney, 2024: YouTube link
ZOMBOID! - New Wimbledon Theatre, London, 2019:
YouTube link
King Cowboy Rufus Rules The Universe- London Theatre Workshop, London, 2017:
YouTube link
Hotel For Criminals - New Wimbledon Theatre, London, 2016:
YouTube link
Dr. Selavy's Magic Theatre - New Wimbledon Theatre, London, 2014:
YouTube link
© 2018 Richard Foreman. These sound recordings are being made available for noncommercial and educational use only.
All rights to this recorded material belong to the Literary Estate of Richard Formean (Charles Bernstein and David Herkovits). Used with permission.
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