Antonin Artaud

Name: Antonin Artaud
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Antonin ArtaudAuthor(s): Blake Morris\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367029777, 978-0367029777\nSynopsis\nRoutledge Performance Practitioners is a series of introductory guides to the key theatre-makers of the last century. Each volume explains the background to and the work of one of the major influences on twentieth- and twenty-first-century performance.\n\nAntonin Artaud was an active theatre-maker and theorist whose ideas reshaped contemporary approaches to performance. This is the first book to combine\n\nan overview of Artauds life with a focus on his work as an actor and director;\nan analysis of his key theories, including the Theatre of Cruelty and the double;\na consideration of his work as a director at the Thtre Alfred Jarry and his production of Strindbergs A Dream Play; and\na series of practical exercises to develop an approach to theatre based on Artauds key ideas.\n\nAs a first step towards cri.