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The Theatre and Its Double: contains extra documents relating to the work

The Theatre and Its Double: contains extra documents relating to the work

by Antonin Artaud (Author), Antonin Artaud (Author), Victor Corti (Translator), Antonin Artaud (Author), Victor Corti (Translator)

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Synopsis

First published in 1938, The Theatre and Its Double is a collection of essays detailing Antonin Artaud's radical theories on drama and theatre, which he saw as being stifled by conservatism and lack of experimentation. Containing the famous manifestos of the `Theatre of Cruelty', the collection analyses the underlying impulses of performance, provides some suggestions on a physical-training method for actors and actresses, and features a long appreciation of the expressive values of Eastern dance drama.

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Format: paperback
 Publisher: Alma Classics
Published:
ISBN 10: 1847493327
ISBN 13: 9781847493323

Media Reviews
This smart reissue of Victor Corti's 1970 translation is welcome, offering a new generation access to Artaud's vision of theatre as total art form...even after all these years, it still sends shivers down the spine. * TLS *
He has had an impact so profound that the course of all recent serious theatre in Western Europe and the Americas can be said to divide into two periods - before Artaud and after Artaud. -- Susan Sontag
Author Bio
Antonin Artaud (1896-1948) was a remarkable French playwright and poet. He was a leading figure in the surrealist movement and, despite a divergence of ideas, remained a dedicated surrealist all his life - devoting his time to the study of the problem of the conflict between man's physical and intellectual natures.