Processual Passing: Ron Vawter Performs _Philoktetes_ Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Experimental dramaturge-director John Jesurun in 1994 devised a multi-media theatre adaptation of Sophocles' Philoctetes at the behest of the iconic American avant-garde actor Ron Vawter, who at the time was dying of AIDS. Feeding on classical Greek drama and Jesurun's own trademark 'mediaturgies' alike, this production presented its audience with a barren and alien landscape where communication is both problematic as well as the only possible ...