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Report from the second free expression festival organized at the American Cultural Center, Boulevard Raspail, in May 1965. The shows, all happenings inspired by ""théâtre panique/ the panic theater", includes Fernando Arrabal, Roland Topor and Alejandro Jodorowsky.
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Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
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Everybody's an Actor, Shakespeare Said
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