John Schad is Professor of Modern Literature at University of Lancaster, UK. His books include Victorians in Theory (1999), Queer Fish (2004), Someone Called Derrida (2007), The Late Walter Benjamin (2012), and Paris Bride (2020) – plus two retrospectives: Hostage of the Word (2013) and John Schad in Conversation (2015).   Fred Dalmasso is Lecturer in Drama at Loughborough University, UK. He is a screenwriter, theatre director, and performer. He has worked in the theatre industry in both France and Ireland and is now the artistic director of the performance group collect-ifs. His publications focus on practice-based theatre translation, performance philosophy and include Syncope in Performing and Visual Arts (2017).

• 1. “The strangest of all things” – an introduction; John Schad.- 2. Derrida – a play; Fred Dalmasso and John Schad.- 3. Benjamin – a play; John Schad.- 4. “Barely a film” – a conclusion; Fred Dalmasso.

John Schad is Professor of Modern Literature at University of Lancaster, UK. His books include Victorians in Theory (1999), Queer Fish (2004), Someone Called Derrida (2007), The Late Walter Benjamin (2012), and Paris Bride (2020) – plus two retrospectives: Hostage of the Word (2013) and John Schad in Conversation (2015).   Fred Dalmasso is Lecturer in Drama at Loughborough University, UK. He is a screenwriter, theatre director, and performer. He has worked in the theatre industry in both France and Ireland and is now the artistic director of the performance group collect-ifs. His publications focus on practice-based theatre translation, performance philosophy and include Syncope in Performing and Visual Arts (2017).

• 1. “The strangest of all things” – an introduction; John Schad.- 2. Derrida – a play; Fred Dalmasso and John Schad.- 3. Benjamin – a play; John Schad.- 4. “Barely a film” – a conclusion; Fred Dalmasso.