Mickery Theater
An Imperfect Archaeology
Distributed for Amsterdam University Press
This is the first full-length study of the history and working practices of the Mickery Theater in Amsterdam. Between 1965 and 1991, under its noted director Ritsaert ten Cate, Mickery became renowned worldwide for promoting and presenting significant international alternative theatre companies, and for staging its own innovative productions. Through a unique “archaeological” approach, combining archival research, oral history, and field observation, this book establishes the singular importance of Mickery and evokes the unique atmosphere of both the building and the activities it nurtured.
Foreword by Sijbolt Noorda
Probably Not… An Introduction by Arthur Sonnen and Otto Romijn
Prologue
1. Ritsaert ten Cate
2. In the Attic
3. Otto Romijn
4. In the Archive I
5. Frans de la Haye
6. In the Archive II
7. Peter Schreiber
8. A Building
9. Max Arian
10. A Journal Article
11. Failed Conversations
12. Reviews
13. Jim Clayburgh
14. Reviews—The Performance Group
15. Photographs
16. Rob Klinkenberg
17. Reports
18. Erica Bilder
19. A Lecture
20. Titus Muizelaar
21. In His Own Words
22. Colleen Scott
23. A Video
24. Janek Alexander
25. A Production Programme
26. Jan Lauwers
27. A Letter
28. Peter Sellars
29. A Research Project
30. The Producers
Hugo de Greef
Tom Stromberg
31. A Workbook
32. Jan Zoet
33. A Magazine
34. Marijke Hoogenboom
35. A Book Chapter
36. Early Days
Loek van der Sande
Ruud Engelander
Pip Simmons
37. Another Video
38. A Keynote
39. Epilogues
Postscript
A Quest
The Reviews of Jac Heijer, translated by Paul Evans
Touching Time and Moving with the Pressure of the Times. On the Last Years of the Mickery Theatre by Loek Zonneveld, translated by Paul Evans
Index
Art: Art--General Studies
History: European History
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