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I am getting interested in applying the concept of mauvaise foi/bad faith to understand better literary characters, does anyone of you any researchers that have done this before or if not this concept applied any of Sartre's existentialist theories to understan better litterary charcters, to use Sartre's existentialist theories for literary research?
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Expression Productions Presents a Double Bill:HELLUVA NIGHTTwo critically acclaimed one acts: NO EXIT by Jean Paul Sartre & TAPE by Stephen Belber NO EXIT- Three darned souls are brought to the same room in hell by a mysterious valet. As they expect medieval torture devices to punish them for eternity, they eventually realize that the punishment is going to be far more cruel and unusual. The three of them are forced to confront and interrogate each other in this hell of a game where at the end the main torture may be facing your own true self.
TAPE- The action is set entirely in Vince's room at the Motel 6 in Lansing, Michigan. Vince, an ill te mpered outgoing party animal/drug dealer, is visited by his old high school friend Jon, a documentary filmmaker. As they reminisce about the good old days, things take a turn when Vince records their conversation which includes Jon admitting to a possible date-rape of Amy, Vince's old high school girlfriend. Later, when Amy shows up, she opens a new wave of talk and arguments about whose story is fact and whose is fabricated.
Also Presented: Photo Exhibit Lightning in a Bottle- A solo exhibit of new works by Stacy Marshall
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Where: ROYCE GALLERY: 2901 Mariposa Street SF, CA 94110
When: May 30th - August 15th Thursday - Saturday at 8pm. half-price previews May 28 & 29th
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Tickets :$40 for double bill or $25 per show . Buy on-line at www.helluvanightsf.com or via phone at 866-811-4111 student, senior & group discounts available
Group discount requests can be made via email: info@expressionproductions.com
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NO EXIT Cast: Diana Brown, Carole Swann, Andrey Esterlis and Giancarlo Campagna
TAPE Cast: Don Keenan, Tim Meehan and Emily O'Keefe
Jean Paul Sartre- Born in Paris in 1905, philosopher, existentialist, writer and dramaturge, author of "Being and Nothingness", "Huis Clos", "Les Mouches", "Les Mains Sales","La Nausee" "Critique of Dialectic Reason","Les Mots" for which he received, in 1960 the nobel prize that he declined. Sartre was a professor of philosophy when he joined the French Army at the outbreak of World War II. Captured by the Germans, he was released, after nearly a year, in 1941. He immediately joined the French resistance as a journalist. He joined the Communist Party (PC) because of the need to take active part in the fight for the proletarian.
His existentialist philosophy, proposes no god, no ethic, no moral, and was meant to be a cleaning of the old secular values, where god is replaced by some ethical statements; and completely denied the existence of some kind of rules or clues to behave. The solution, was the subject being conscious of his position towards the world, and the good faith, whose former question was "what would happen if all acted this way" The decision of the subject in good faith, and freedom, was the real act of man.
In the postwar era, Jean-Paul Sartre, became one of the most influential men of this century. He died in Paris in 1980.
Stephen Belber - Stephen was born in Washington D.C. He studied philosophy as an undergraduate at Trinity College in Hartford, CT, and moved to New York at the age of 25. There he unwittingly moved in with a roommate with AIDS, and helped nurse him for two years until he died. He held a variety of jobs including waiter, substitute teacher, and wire service operator for the United Nations. Plays include Match (Broadway), McReele (Roundabout Theatre Company), Tape (Naked Angels, NYC/LA/London), One Million Butterflies (Primary Stages), Drifting Elegant (Magic Theatre), The Transparency of Val (Theater Outrageous, NYC), The Wake (Via Theater, NYC), Through Fred (Soho Repertory Theatre), and The Death of Frank (The Araca Group, NYC). Mr. Belber wrote the screenplay for Tape, directed by Richard Linklater (Sundance and Berlin Film Festivals). He is a member of Tectonic Theater Project and was an Associate Writer (and actor) for The Laramie Project, later made into an HBO movie (Emmy nomination for screenwriting). He is a graduate of Juilliard's Playwrights Program, and has received commissions from Manhattan Theatre Club, Playwrights Horizons, Huntington Theatre Company, Arena Stage, and Philadelphia Theatre Company. His television credits include "Rescue Me" and "Law & Order: SVU" (staff writer). Mr. Belber is currently working on several film projects, including a film of Drifting Elegant.About Expression Productions:
Expression Productions is an independent production company. Our artistic style and script selection are based on several simple principles: We favor small- cast and/or short form material as we feel they allow for a more informal, close communication with an audience, and tend to have higher density of thought and action. We like to be a channel for powerful voices: we'd rather express and found a strong opinion than stay ethically neutral and politically correct. We believe in the essential goodness of living beings, and are committed to carefully exploring and speaking for their fundamental interests.
There is a new text about "Being and Nothingness" and "The Transcendence Of Ego" online. It's not finished yet, but it's nevertheless instructing (I hope), and it contains many commentaries. - No advertisement too. http://www.mwelzel.de/sartrebeing
I am interested in reading Sartre. Does anybody have a recommended 'order' in which to read his works? I.e. start with X, then Y, then Z? I ask because I own Being and Nothingness but have heard it is not the place to start when pursuing Sartre's works? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
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I wonder if someone here may be able to help me with a direct quotation of a statement attributed to Sartre. In Hazel Barnes translation of his work, she paraphrases one of his statements as—her words are to this effect—declaring that one of man's most distinguishing characteristics is his propensity for asserting the existence of that which is nowhere in evidence and denying the existence of that which is evident everywhere.
I have not been able to readily locate the passage in Barnes’ work again and had hoped that I might short circuit the tedium of poring over hundreds of pages again to find it, only to discover that she does not include a complete citation, either. I tend to recall that the quote (translated) was not from « L’Être et Le Néant » but can’t be sure of that.
Are any of you familiar with this statement, or can you point me to someone that may be able to give me a complete citation (e.g. publisher, date of publication, title and pages, etc.)?
There`s a very interesting declaration by Sartre, where he states that he was unwilling to accept the Nobel Prize because that will "institutionalize" him as a writer. Here he exposes his interest not to accept the "bourgeoisie" prize because and he goes as far as to say that he supports the Venezuelan armed guerrilla forces. The declarations can be found in Le Figaro of October 23, 1964.
Bye, any comments please suggest. I am trying to build a undergrad thesis on that premise.
