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Statement from a performance

in April of 1933

at the Schoolroom of the Sorbonne in Paris

" ...THEY ALWAYS

WANT TO HEAR ABOUT;

THEY WANT TO HEAR

AN OBJECTIVE

CONFERENCE

ON

THE THEATER

AND THE PLAGUE.

 I

WANT TO GIVE THEM

THE

EXPERIENCE

ITSELF...

THE PLAGUE ITSELF,

SO THEY

WILL BE

TERRIFIED

AND AWAKEN.

I WANT TO AWAKEN THEM,

BECAUSE

THEY

DO NOT REALIZE

THEY ARE DEAD.

THEIR DEATH IS TOTAL

LIKE

DEAFNESS

AND

BLINDNESS.

THIS IS

THE AGONY I PORTRAY.

MINE YES,

AND EVERYONE ELSE

WHO IS ALIVE.

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