"And", Madrid, May 1971

 

A calendar of performances of ROY HART

and ROY HART THEATRE : 1956 - 1971


1956


Roy Hart: The 4- 6 octave voice demonstrated at LAMDA and later in Birmingham. Two T.S. Eliot poems recited,

and all parts of the 'Magic Flute' demonstrated as possible for one singer to encompass.


1957


A record released by Folkways Records, New York. ' Vox Humana': Alfred Wolfsohn and pupils.


1963


Lecture at Jung Institute, London by Roy Hart


1964


Lecture at International Congress for Psychotherapy in London by Roy Hart.


1967


Lecture at 7th International Congress for Psychotherapy, Wiesbaden by Roy Hart.
A film ‘The Theatre of Being’ was also shown of the group (now called ‘Roy Hart Theatre') (30 min. documentary)


1968


September
Lecture and vocal demonstration at 5rd International Congress of Psychodrama at Vienna by Roy Hart


1969


February
World Premier of 'Versuch uber Schweine' composed for Roy Hart's voice by Hans Werner Henze, “Queen Elizabeth Hall” London.

April 22
World Premier of 'Eight Songs for a Mad King', composed for Hart's voice by Peter Maxwell Davies, ‘Queen Elizabeth Hall’ London.

April 24 - 27
ROY HART THEATRE presented 'The Bacchae' at the World Festival of Theatre, Nancy, France.

June
'Eight Songs for a Mad King' performed at York Festival.

July
World Premier of Karl Heinz Stockhausen's 'Spirale' (vocal version, specially adapted to include the voice of Roy Hart), Fondation Maeght, St. Paul de Vence, France.

September
Roy Hart performed in Stockhausen's 'Ausden Sieben Targen' at the Beethovenhalle, Darmstadt, Germany.

October.
Roy Hart performed 'Eight Songs for a Mad King' in Hamburg. This concert was televised by Nord Deutsche Rundfunk and recorded by Deutsche Grammophon. 'Eight Songs for a Mad King' performed in XXth Century Museum Vienna as part of British week. ‘Roy Hart Theatre’ were invited to perform at ‘The Place’, the London Contemporary Dance Group Centre. 'Eight Songs for a Mad King' repeat performance at Queen Elizabeth Hall - London.

December,
Roy Hart Theatre performed "The Bacchae" nightly for one week at ‘The Roundhouse’.


1970


January
'Eight Songs for a Mad King’ for B.B.C. Radio Invitation Concert.
March
'Eight Song's for a Mad King'. Performed by Roy Hart at Music Festival at Royan, France'.
April
'Eight Songs for a Mad King' performed at Teatro Olimpico, Rome.
May 18
'Eight Songs for a Mad King' performed in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
May 19
Lecture and vocal demonstration by Roy Hart at Psychiatric Institute of Charles University, Prague.
May 24
Lectures and vocal demonstrations and workshops for five days at the CUIFRED (Drama Dept.) Nancy, France (on invitation of Jack Lang, Organiser of ‘World Theatre' Festival at Nancy)
June
ROY HART THEATRE with ROY HART performed for three nights during the ‘Saison International’ at Rennes, France.
September
ROY HART lectured at 6th International Congress of Psychodrama in Zagreb, Jugoslavia
October
ROY HART recorded 'Aethalgar' for ‘Tycho Films.' A pilot Script (using advanced stereo recording techniques) of a projected 2 hour work.
December
ROY HART recorded in Paris 'Visit to Godenhall' an opera by Andree Almuro, commissioned by O.R.T.P., Paris.


1971


ROY HART THEATRE performed at British Council Student Centre London.
January
ROY HART had meeting with lannis Xanakis,' the French (Greek)
January 24
ROY HART THEATRE with ROY HART performed at the Music Festival at Angers, France. ROY HART performed the premiere of a new work written for a trio of Roy Hart, Karlheirz Boettger (guitar) and Michael Vetter (recorder) who also composed the work. Both performances at Angers were recorded by ORTF from Paris, who will be producing two one-hour programmes on Roy Hart and ROY HART THEATRE.
Feburary.
ROY HART THEATRE gave three performances of 'The Singer & The Song' [directed by Dorothy Hart] at The Cockpit, the new ILEA theatre. ROY HART gave a series of classes and demonstrations at the Higher School of Dramatic Art in Madrid, arranged in co-operation with the German Institute.
May
A second series of classes by Roy Hart in Madrid.
July
A recording of 'Visit to Godenhall' by Andre Almuro, was played at the Avignon Music Festival. ROY HAHT THEATRE with ROY HART recorded two plays by Christopher Mann, a young Australian playwright.
October
ROY HART THEATRE performed 'Birth Day’ [directed by Dorothy Hart and Robert Harvey] for three nights at The Cockpit. ROY HART THEATRE and ROY HART gave two performances of ‘Birth Day'
Poster of the production

and 'A Song of The Mind' [directed by Vivienne Young and Richard Armstrong] at the 2nd International Theatre Festival of Madrid.

(ROY HART'S performance of Hans Werner Henze's "VERSUCH UBER-SCHWEINNE" is available on Deutsche Grammophon No. 159 456, in England, Germany, France and U.S.A. This work was performed as an Invitation Concert on Radio Suisse Romande on May 8th 1971 in Lausanne.)

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