Antonin Artaud

The Philosopher's Stone

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Antonin Artaud
Antonin Artaud

French theater theorist and occasional playwright whose The Theater and Its Double proposed a 'Theater of Cruelty' that would bypass rational thought and assault the audience's nervous system. His influence on performance art, experimental theater, and the 1960s avant-garde was enormous despite producing little theater himself.

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