Percival

Percival

Birth : , Ragunda, Jämtland, Sweden

History

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.

Profile

Percival

Movies

Seans : hommage á Antonin Artaud
Seans : hommage á Antonin Artaud
Writer
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
Seans : hommage á Antonin Artaud
Author
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.