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The Machine archiveGeorges Perec's innovative and mischievous 1968 radio play, the first ever production of this remarkable piece in English. The Machine is a subtle comedy about language, meaning, thought and silence, explored through the deconstruction of Goethe's poem The Ramblers Lullaby II. An inventive, irreverent and intoxicating linguistic dissection of the poem, the play uses computer programming protocols, randomisation, Beckett, algebra, French, proverbs, Italian, Lewis Caroll, geography, biography, Nietzsche, Napoleon, Schopenhauer, Verlain, Schiller, Rimbaud, Brecht, Dickenson, Neruda, Borges, German, Kirkegaard and KFC to achieve its goal.

Creatives/Company

Author: Georges Perec
Company: Third Angel

The Machine

The Machine (Play) production archive for QTIX code T0198746167. Details of all The Machine archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S974996456

Archive Listings

4 Dec 12
  to
5 Dec 12
Sheffield Theatres
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Performance Details => Venue archive

Reviews

CORONAVIRUS: All UK venues closed on 16th March 2020, restrictions were lifted on 19th July 2021. Please note that iUKTDb archive listings between March 2020 and July 2021 may not be accurate as we did not receive details of all rescheduled and cancelled shows.

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