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Schippers explained that the six dogs had been acquired as puppies and were trained by the Amsterdam police. The real spectacle, he said, was "the curious fact that people will actually come to the theatre to watch dogs eating, barking, urinating, fighting, sleeping and playing".<ref name=sundayherald/> |
Schippers explained that the six dogs had been acquired as puppies and were trained by the Amsterdam police. The real spectacle, he said, was "the curious fact that people will actually come to the theatre to watch dogs eating, barking, urinating, fighting, sleeping and playing".<ref name=sundayherald/> |
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The play attracted national and international attention and provoked much controversy; questions were asked in Dutch parliament about why such an [[Theatre of the Absurd|absurdist play]] received government subsidies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boijmans.nl/en/116/newsletter/newsletteritem/542|title=Peanut-Butter Platform in the museum|year=2011|publisher=[[Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen]]|accessdate=23 August 2013}}</ref> |
The play attracted national and international attention<ref name=sundayherald/><ref>{{cite news|title=''Going to the Dogs'' just the ticket in Amsterdam|last=Andreae|first=Christopher|date=19 September 1986|work=[[The Christian Science Monitor|accessdate=23 August 2013}}</ref> and provoked much controversy; questions were asked in Dutch parliament about why such an [[Theatre of the Absurd|absurdist play]] received government subsidies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boijmans.nl/en/116/newsletter/newsletteritem/542|title=Peanut-Butter Platform in the museum|year=2011|publisher=[[Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen]]|accessdate=23 August 2013}}</ref> |
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A performance of the play was released in 2008 on the two DVD set of Schippers' television drama series ''[[Opzoek naar Yolanda]]'' (1984), along with the television productions ''Sans rancune'' (1987) and ''De bruine jurk'' (1988).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geschiedenis24.nl/nieuws/2008/maart/Deel-3-en-4-van-Wim-T-Schippers-dvd-box-te-koop.html|title=Deel 3 en 4 van Wim T. Schippers dvd-box te koop!|date=28 March 2008|publisher=[[Geschiedenis24]]|language=Dutch|accessdate=19 August 2013}}</ref> |
A performance of the play was released in 2008 on the two DVD set of Schippers' television drama series ''[[Opzoek naar Yolanda]]'' (1984), along with the television productions ''Sans rancune'' (1987) and ''De bruine jurk'' (1988).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geschiedenis24.nl/nieuws/2008/maart/Deel-3-en-4-van-Wim-T-Schippers-dvd-box-te-koop.html|title=Deel 3 en 4 van Wim T. Schippers dvd-box te koop!|date=28 March 2008|publisher=[[Geschiedenis24]]|language=Dutch|accessdate=19 August 2013}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 17:16, 23 August 2013
Going to the Dogs is a 1986 play by Dutch writer, artist, and television director Wim T. Schippers. It premiered to a sell-out audience[1] in the Stadsschouwburg in Amsterdam, with six German Shepherds as the performers.
Schippers explained that the six dogs had been acquired as puppies and were trained by the Amsterdam police. The real spectacle, he said, was "the curious fact that people will actually come to the theatre to watch dogs eating, barking, urinating, fighting, sleeping and playing".[1]
The play attracted national and international attention[1][2] and provoked much controversy; questions were asked in Dutch parliament about why such an absurdist play received government subsidies.[3]
A performance of the play was released in 2008 on the two DVD set of Schippers' television drama series Opzoek naar Yolanda (1984), along with the television productions Sans rancune (1987) and De bruine jurk (1988).[4]
References
- ^ a b c "European theatre going to the dogs". Sunday Herald. 21 September 1986. p. 30. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
- ^ {{cite news|title=Going to the Dogs just the ticket in Amsterdam|last=Andreae|first=Christopher|date=19 September 1986|work=[[The Christian Science Monitor|accessdate=23 August 2013}}
- ^ "Peanut-Butter Platform in the museum". Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
- ^ "Deel 3 en 4 van Wim T. Schippers dvd-box te koop!" (in Dutch). Geschiedenis24. 28 March 2008. Retrieved 19 August 2013.