Research occasioned by the death of Adam Parfrey (see prev. post) brought to my attention that one of the writers who were often published by Parfrey, Mel Gordon, also recently died.

Mel Gordon was a theatrical historian. He wrote on 1920s Berlin, Grand Guignol, lazzi, Hanussen, Dada, drugs and Expressionism.

From left to right:

• Hanussen: Hitler’s Jewish Clairvoyant (2001)
• The Seven Addictions and Five Professions of Anita Berber (2006)
• Horizontal Collaborations (2015)
• Voluptuous Panic (2006)
• The Stanislavsky Technique (2000)