He does, luckily, have a reserve – his birth name Geert Bové, given to him by his parents when he was born in Brussels in December, 1972. His mother’s surname was Wayntraub, and when Traub, a filmmaker by training but a man of the theatre by inclination, wrote his Manifesto for an Animal Theatre at the age of 24, he imagined theatre itself as a character called Wayn Traub and the stage as his own body.

“Dramatist” is a more apt word than “playwright” because Traub’s drama encompasses not only the theatre but film, dance, music and sometimes more: at one performance he invited members of the audience to express their opinions about him, there and then.

The Wayn Wash trilogy, which was launched in 2002 with the piece Maria-Dolores, continued in 2004 with Jean-Baptiste and concluded last week with Maria-Magdalena. The evening of the sale – which included sketchbooks, costumes and props – was followed by a concert by Gabriel Rios, who played a role in the production.

The artist’s name, by the way, fetched a price of €550, and the sale in total raised €9,000, which goes to Traub’s new artistic company – or rather Bové’s.