Middle Tennessee Anthroposophic Branch Welcomes Glen Williamson in Beat the Devil Faust The Whole Story – June 18th 7:00 PM

Trinity Presbyterian Church 3201 Hillsboro RD Nashville TN 37215

Based on the Drama by Johann Wolfgang von Goeth

Told by actor and storyteller Glen Williamson

Donations Appreciated

For more information contact Barbara Bittles at Blbittles@comcast.net or 615-294-1216

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) was a poet,
statesman, theater director, critic, and scientist. His
remarkable versatility is reflected in his Faust drama, which
he worked on for most of his life.
I first read and experienced Goethe’s Faust in German in 1981
when I went as an exchange student to Dornach, Switzerland,
to work as a stagehand on the full uncut production. It has
been a companion ever since. I originally developed this story
version at the request of the New York Branch of the
Anthroposophical Society in 1999 in honor of the 250th
anniversary of Goethe’s birth. By retelling the essential plot
(condensed from over 24 hours of playing time) in a free
rendering in English, I hope to bring a fresh life – a kind of
artistic road map, if you will – to Goethe’s great poetic drama.
I have tried to include all the main action and, in one instance,
I have even added the events of a scene that Goethe
envisioned, but never wrote. – Glen Williamson

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(Άνθρωπος, the Greek word for human being) seeks to
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Glen Williamson, a founding member in New York City of
The Actors’ Ensemble and New Directions Theater, appeared
in numerous productions with both companies. He recently
produced a full-cast production of his new play, Fire in the
Temple, about the end of Rudolf Steiner’s life and has begun
performing his abridged readings of Vladimir Solovyov’s
Antichrist story. In past years, he played multiple roles in
touring productions of The Gospel of John and Goethe’s Tale
of the Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily as well as the title
role in Aeschylus Unbound, which Glen co-wrote with the late
film star Mala Powers. He appeared as Johannes Thomasius in
all four of Rudolf Steiner’s mystery dramas in Spring Valley,
NY, in 2014, and his sequel to these dramas, Future Dawning,
is published by SteinerBooks, available on Amazon and has
received several lauded staged readings. Glen has given his
one-man performances of Beat the Devil!, The Incarnation of
the Logos, Kaspar Hauser: The Open Secret of the Foundling
Prince, and Kurt Vonnegut’s The Kid Nobody Could Handle
and Who Am I This Time? throughout North America and in
Europe. Other appearances include and the award-winning
off-Broadway run of Glen’s one-man play The Boy Who Saw
True. He trained in the Michael Chekhov acting technique and
at The Juilliard School and has acted with the American
Conservatory Theater in San Francisco and the American
Stage Festival in New Hampshire. Visit his website at
anthropostheater.com.