The Living Theatre is an experimental company founded in New York in 1947 by Julian Beck (New York 1925-1985), painter and poet, and the actress and stage director Judith Malina (Kiel 1926), a student of Erwin Piscator. From the very beginning the group’s activities bore the stamp of social and political commitment, imbued with a strong libertarian matrix. A video montage of films and videos from The Living Theatre Archives.

Judith Malina
Tom Walker

Who Killed the Federal Theatre?
Who Killed the Federal Theatre?
Divadlo Svoboda
Divadlo Svoboda

Signals Through the Flames
Signals Through the Flames

Merci Zaza - La Folle Histoire de la Cage aux Folles
Merci Zaza - La Folle Histoire de la Cage aux Folles

Discovering Hamlet
Discovering Hamlet

Inside/Outside
Inside/Outside
Cimrmani
Cimrmani

Performing the Goddess
Performing the Goddess
Army Art Theater
Army Art Theater

Me, brother and the name Hrušínský
Me, brother and the name Hrušínský
Ústřední loutkové divadlo
Ústřední loutkové divadlo

The King of Laughter
The King of Laughter