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Percival

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Percival

Place of birth

Ragunda, Jämtland, Sweden

Known for

Acting

Credits

2 titles

Official site

Percival, born John Percival Backlund, was a Swedish author, playwright, artist and composer. He translated and interpreted Antonin Artaud, Samuel Beckett, William Blake, Novalis, Saint-John Perse, Nelly Sachs och Federico Garcia Lorca.

Known for

Seans : hommage á Antonin Artaud poster
NR

A seance in which Antonin Artaud can be seen as a swirling depiction of a theater of freedom in the rubble of the hateful counter between actor and audience. Percival is the author of many books in Swedish and English. He has exhibited his paintings and photographs, composed experimental world music and directed some of his own plays and a play by Beckett.

Seans : hommage á Antonin Artaud

1977

Film credits

Behind the camera

Seans : hommage á Antonin Artaud poster
NR

A seance in which Antonin Artaud can be seen as a swirling depiction of a theater of freedom in the rubble of the hateful counter between actor and audience. Percival is the author of many books in Swedish and English. He has exhibited his paintings and photographs, composed experimental world music and directed some of his own plays and a play by Beckett.

Seans : hommage á Antonin Artaud

1977