The Theatre and its Double

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THE THEATRE AND ITS DOUBLE
Antonin Artaud
Translated by Victor Corti
This collection of essays remains the most radical text on performance in print today. This volume contains the famous Manifestos of the Theatre of Cruelty and the définitions of this theatre; the underlying impulses of performance (described by Artaud as its 'metaphysics'); some suggestions on a physical training method for actors and adresses; a long appréciation of the expressive values of Eastern dance drama. Also included is Seraphim's Theatre, in which Artaud attempts an actor's application of the Taoist principles of fullness and emptiness. To say that this text has been used as basic working material by Peter Brook and the Royal Shakespeare Company, by Grotowski's company in Poland and by the Living Theatre, gives some idea of its past influence. It is widely read throughout the world as a source of inspiration for new drama, for those in search of the meaning of the theatre, as well as for the beauty... Tovább

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THE THEATRE AND ITS DOUBLE
Antonin Artaud
Translated by Victor Corti
This collection of essays remains the most radical text on performance in print today. This volume contains the famous Manifestos of the Theatre of Cruelty and the définitions of this theatre; the underlying impulses of performance (described by Artaud as its 'metaphysics'); some suggestions on a physical training method for actors and adresses; a long appréciation of the expressive values of Eastern dance drama. Also included is Seraphim's Theatre, in which Artaud attempts an actor's application of the Taoist principles of fullness and emptiness. To say that this text has been used as basic working material by Peter Brook and the Royal Shakespeare Company, by Grotowski's company in Poland and by the Living Theatre, gives some idea of its past influence. It is widely read throughout the world as a source of inspiration for new drama, for those in search of the meaning of the theatre, as well as for the beauty of its lines.
This remarkable French playwright and poet was born in 1896. He was a leading figure in the surrealist movement and despite a divergence of ideas remained a dedicated Surrealist ail his life, devoting his time to the study of problems of conflict between man's physical and intellectual natures. He died in 1948.
Cover illustration: 'The Edge of the Woods', a bas-relief by Jeff Nuttall
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