The Theater and Its Double

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ISBN-10: 0802150306
ISBN-13: 9780802150301
Publisher: Grove Press
Publish Date: 01/07/1994
Dimensions: 8.24" L, 5.36" W, 0.47" H

The Theater and Its Double

byAntonin Artaud
Translator: Mary C Richard

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A collection of manifestos originally published in 1938, The Theater and Its Double is the fullest statement of the ideas of Antonin Artaud. “We cannot go on prostituting the idea of the theater, the only value of which is in its excruciating, magical relation to reality and danger,” he wrote. He fought vigorously against an encroaching conventionalism he found anathema to the very concept of theater. He sought to use theater to transcend writing, “to break through the language in order to touch life.”

  • Antonin Artaud (1896-1948), was a French writer, poet, dramatist, visual artist, essayist, actor and theatre director, widely recognized as one of the major figures of twentieth-century theatre and the European avant-garde, and known for his raw, surreal and transgressive themes. He conceptualized the Theatre of Cruelty movement with essays and plays, and wrote experimental texts with themes of introspection, mysticism, drug use, unorthodox politics and his experiences with schizophrenia
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Details

ISBN-10: 0802150306
ISBN-13: 9780802150301
Publisher: Grove Press
Publish Date: 01/07/1994
Dimensions: 8.24" L, 5.36" W, 0.47" H
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