ABSTRACT
In 1959, at the tender age of 22, Richard Foreman fell head-over-heels in love. Since that 1991 production of Don Giovanni Foreman has made no further work specifically within a European context. That is not to say, of course, that none of his plays since then have been seen outside America – nor has it prevented European ideas, particularly those connected with philosophy, art and psychology, from continuing to have a huge impact on the way he thinks about and creates theatre. Despite the fact that the majority of his plays had been written and performed in English, and that he had worked many times on the Continental mainland, this was the first time one of Foreman's own productions had actually been seen in Britain – and, to date, it has also been the last. It appears as though questions of taste and doubts over the appropriateness of the material were clouding the critical judgements of the reviewers.
