[silence] Circus

[Benson Stephen Dr (LIT)]

Dear All,

My question concerns the 1979 score _, _ _ circus on _. Have there been realizations of this piece other than Roaratorio, and if so, using which texts? More generally, I wonder to what extent the piece is dependent for its success on a text offering a significant level of verbal density or richness, a model for which would of course be Finnegans Wake. I have a couple of ideas I'm thinking of working on with my students, but I'm a little concerned about allowing a free choice of texts when the choice may run the risk of a rather flat or dull performance (not that that's uninteresting, I know).

Many thanks for your help.

Stephen Benson


Dr Stephen Benson
School of Literature and Creative Writing
University of East Anglia
Norwich
Norfolk
NR4 7TJ
UK


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