MALINA, JUDITH

MALINA, JUDITH. [1948–1968] Immigrant of a German- Jewish family, she married Julian Beck, a modern expressionist painter; later, they, cofounded the Living Theater. Together they were pioneers of experimental drama. They had an open marriage. She had affairs with several men, notably James Agee, and a one- sided infatuation with the mythologist Joseph Campbell. Published as The Diaries of Judith Malina: 1947–1957, New York, Grove Press, 1984. Also The Enormous Despair: The Diary of Judith Malina, August 1968–1969. New York and Canada, Random House, 1972. Reprinted by permission.