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This is Marowitz production journal from the British premiere of Pablo Picasso’s The Four Little Girls, which was a part of Picasso’s 90th birthday celebrations in 1971. Picasso knew Artaud in Paris. They travelled in the same circles of fellow artists and thinkers. Picasso contributed paintings for Artaud’s benefit when he was released from Rodez asylum after World War II. The production journal also delves into detailed practical considerations and gives the reader a genuine sense of what a moment in the life of the Open Space Theatre was like. The Four Little Girls, is dreamlike and the production was extremely innovative in its immersive design elements. Picasso was a non-playwright and the surrealist unconventional structure and nature of the play allowed a fair amount of space for Marowitz and his collaborators to construct a production that was itself an extremely ambitious and unique work of art.