Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Most Serene Federal Republic of Montmartre" in English language version.
1,680,640. GRAND–GUIGNOL. RICHMOND, BARRY ALAN, DBA THEATRE DU GRAND–GUIGNOL DE PARIS, DBA NATIONAL THEATRE OF MONTMARTRE AND DBA EMBASSY OF MONTMARTRE (U.S. CL. 107). SN 74–068–872. PUB 12–31–1991. FILED 6–14–1990.
Apparently, a group of 17th century French settlers from what was then the village of Montmartre, outside the city of Paris, established a colony on the island of Manhattan 'in what is roughly contiguous with what is now the theatre district'. The year was 1636. ... 'The original colony was cut off from the motherland during the fighting between the French and the British,' Richmond says, referring to the French and Indian war of the 1750s and 1760s. 'A treaty was signed with the British, which the US later had to accept, and to this day we have an independent country inside North America. The original settlement on the island of Manhattan is occupied by the US in a legal concept similar to that of the Panama Canal Zone.'
The General Studies Sock and Buskin Theatre Arts Program has begun casting for the American Premiere of four plays from the repertoire of the Grand Guignol Theatre of France. ... The four plays to be presented offer a sampling from one of the world's most unusual theatres famed for its broad sex farces and frightening horror plays. The plays, entitled 'In the Lavatory,' 'At the End of the Rope,' 'Orgy in the Lighthouse,' and 'Desire and Disarray,' will be under the direction of Barry Alan Richmond. Mr. Richmond is the author of the film scenario for Hans W. Rosenhaupt'sa 'The True Deceivers'.b
... Richmond, a 44-year-old theatrical designer and self-proclaimed President of the Republic (elected by popular vote of 16 million Montmartrians), who adds that he registered the name with the county clerk in 1974 and that he pays a dollar a month for each listing in the phone book. ... The boundaries are alternately distinct and vague, including the entire theatrical district of Manhattan from W. 40th Street to W. 59th Street and from Fifth Avenue to the Hudson River, which is Lower Montmartre; 500 miles north of the Croton Reservoir, or Middle Montmartre, and something north of that which is Upper Montmartre.
They are underpinned by a very good orchestra... and their sets and costumes, neatly designed by Barry Alan Richmond and Dona Granata, no doubt are the best their money can buy. This adds up to a serious production that is not to be sniffed at.
In the papers he filed before Judge Knapp, Richmond, who speaks of all his enterprises with an earnest high seriousness, wrote — 'I set up a political fiction that 300 and some years ago, Frenchmen came here, settled on Manhattan, got cut off from France and became an independent republic right in the heart of Manhattan. No deceit was intended, nor have I ever been accused of such. The purpose was for total theater, the construction of our own buildings and a new financing system for the arts, humanitarian efforts, political satire and laughter.'[This reports the July 29 federal court hearing. Free viewing:] p. 1 scan, p. 19 scan.
[Prince James Edward] Stuart [who claims the Scottish throne and a Jacobite government-in-exile] maintains ties with another exiled government: the Serene Federal Republic of Montmartre, run by a tongue-in-cheek president Barry Alan Richmond, who claims most of Manhattan, the Hudson Valley and Kennedy Airport for his country's territory.[Note the "Royal Scottish Jacobite Govt" mention in the Montmartre phone listing. Prince James shows up as a witness in the NY Magazine article above, Cohen 1977.]
In the papers he filed before Judge Knapp, Richmond, who speaks of all his enterprises with an earnest high seriousness, wrote — 'I set up a political fiction that 300 and some years ago, Frenchmen came here, settled on Manhattan, got cut off from France and became an independent republic right in the heart of Manhattan. No deceit was intended, nor have I ever been accused of such. The purpose was for total theater, the construction of our own buildings and a new financing system for the arts, humanitarian efforts, political satire and laughter.'[This reports the July 29 federal court hearing. Free viewing:] p. 1 scan, p. 19 scan.
The General Studies Sock and Buskin Theatre Arts Program has begun casting for the American Premiere of four plays from the repertoire of the Grand Guignol Theatre of France. ... The four plays to be presented offer a sampling from one of the world's most unusual theatres famed for its broad sex farces and frightening horror plays. The plays, entitled 'In the Lavatory,' 'At the End of the Rope,' 'Orgy in the Lighthouse,' and 'Desire and Disarray,' will be under the direction of Barry Alan Richmond. Mr. Richmond is the author of the film scenario for Hans W. Rosenhaupt'sa 'The True Deceivers'.b
Apparently, a group of 17th century French settlers from what was then the village of Montmartre, outside the city of Paris, established a colony on the island of Manhattan 'in what is roughly contiguous with what is now the theatre district'. The year was 1636. ... 'The original colony was cut off from the motherland during the fighting between the French and the British,' Richmond says, referring to the French and Indian war of the 1750s and 1760s. 'A treaty was signed with the British, which the US later had to accept, and to this day we have an independent country inside North America. The original settlement on the island of Manhattan is occupied by the US in a legal concept similar to that of the Panama Canal Zone.'
The General Studies Sock and Buskin Theatre Arts Program has begun casting for the American Premiere of four plays from the repertoire of the Grand Guignol Theatre of France. ... The four plays to be presented offer a sampling from one of the world's most unusual theatres famed for its broad sex farces and frightening horror plays. The plays, entitled 'In the Lavatory,' 'At the End of the Rope,' 'Orgy in the Lighthouse,' and 'Desire and Disarray,' will be under the direction of Barry Alan Richmond. Mr. Richmond is the author of the film scenario for Hans W. Rosenhaupt'sa 'The True Deceivers'.b
