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Theatre of Cruelty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Theatre of Cruelty (French: Théâtre de la Cruauté ) is a concept in Antonin Artaud's book The Theatre and its Double . “Without an element of cruelty at the root of every spectacle, the thea...
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Antonin Artaud - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sontag is, of course, writing about Antonin Artaud and his theory of the theatre: a Theatre of Cruelty. For Artaud, the "text" needs to disappear from the space of the stage in order to allow a greater space to open up.
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He had a Theory. He'd read a book about Theories. You added up all the clues, and you got a Theory. Everything had to fit. ... "Theatre of Cruelty" was originally written for the W. H. Smith "Bookcase" magazine. The expanded version reproduced above was later published in the program book for the OryCon 15 convention.
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During his stay at the asylum, Artaud's behavior was characterized by delusions, auditory hallucinations, glossolalia and violent tantrums. He underwent a myriad of bizarre treatments for this behavior including coma-inducing insulin therapy ... It was commissioned in 1947 by Ferdinand Pouey, ... The work defies description,
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IN THEORY, PROCESS AND PRAXIS OR, FOR FUN AND PROPHET ... CHAPTER 3. THEATRE OF CRUELTY ... .", [24] answered Charles Marowitz in an interview with Simon Trussler, about the RSC's Theatre of Cruelty season of 1963-64. During his lifetime, and despite his overwhelming preoccupation with the stage from the early twenties...
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Artaud; The Theatre of Cruelty ... Created was the theatre of cruelty, ... The theatre of cruelty wants a dance...
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